No more blog awards from me (probably with a few exceptions). I would risk excluding someone who shouldn't be excluded and that would not be good.
If I were awarding this blog award, this would be why:
Thank you for being such an important part of my life. Sometimes I blog an hour a day. Sometimes I don't blog. But either way I know that I receive astute and funny and thoughtful and perceptive posts and comments and connections from people I care about. I have learned so much about the world and countries and lifestyles and I have learned that in the deepest and simplest way, we are all on the same path.
To write and be read means a lot to me. Because of my blog I have learned and am learning to be a writer. And not just that. I use my camera. I notice things. I share. My blog is like having my own newspaper column. I have a structure and a reason and a means for feedback and support. All precious.
Honest to god, the comments I receive give me a dopamine rush. As good as chocolate.
I rhyme here on my blog:
I'm not a bump on a log
Or stuck in a fog
Or a cranberry bog.
I think now I'll jog
With my dog.
I have found some actual true real wonderful talented friends from the blogs. It's not a fluke. I don't have a baseball team of close friends in life but I have good friends. And a surprising number have come from introductions here.
So please, if you will: take this attractive insightful not-a-blog-award award and post it up somewhere or maybe hold it to your heart from me. I am thankful for you.
love
kj
Hi Kj!
ReplyDeleteI have a false sense of feeling human, due in large part to the meds...I know that is only temporary, but I will feeo ok while I can. You are such a kind soul, and I am greatful for you as a person :-)
Do you think you could refer me to a book on how to raise an ADHD child without breaking their spark. My sun needs that book desperately ;-)
Wander
Yes, Chris. Info coming xoxo
DeleteThanks!
DeleteAnd as far as I am concerned my son is my sun but others could rightly correct my error :-)
That's so kind, and so cute, kj. Including the poetry.
ReplyDeleteYour new Greyhound dog
will Chase you while you jog
in the cranberry bog
in the fog,
but don't trip on that log
while your think of your blog.
Hope the rest of your week is between wonderful and splendiferous (if there is such a word).
Blessings and Bear hugs. And chocolate, if you insist.
Hahaha mr rob bear my friend: excellent poem!!! More rhyming from you, please?
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kj
A very tactful and fun post- but then I love all your stuff- whether you're being whimsical, emotional, seriously practical or just plain goofy. xxxx
ReplyDeleteJoss, thank you. What's the likelihood of 3 comments in a row; you, lo, and Mim? All friends from the start. The universe must agree with how precious our connections are. And by the way, what a joy it is to see you soar . Your art is amazing
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kj
That looks like a papaya card. It's beautiful! I'm going to hang it in the studio somewhere :)
ReplyDeleteWho's that gal with the horse? I love that photo!
Yes, we've made some amazing, life-long friendships here. It sometimes blows my mind.
Sounds like Chase is fitting right in. Tat makes me giddy!
Maybe we'll talk soon. You know I've been suffering with long hours again :(
I'm off friday. Yay!
xo
Lo♥
Lo, that gal is unknown to me except she has one of two quite kindred adorable smiles , eh?
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kj
Buddies!!!!! for real
ReplyDeleteOh yes, Mim. For real xo
ReplyDeletekj It's all ballet at the moment dance for the sake of dance. Not the seasons or the rhyme of them just the movement because movement is the only sign of life at the barre.
ReplyDeleteMark: say what?
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xoxo
kj
smiles...my life would be much emptier without the friends i have made on the web....and 4 years ago i never would have thought that...
ReplyDeleteMe too, Brian. I've had only one bad (painful) experience: I learned to move alittle slower because of it but a person's character becomes known through our exchanges
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kj
I like the image very much. In fact, I think I should update my status on facebook with it. And here is your quote for the day:
ReplyDelete"If you think the grass on the other side of the fence is greener, it's because it's fertilized with bull shit."
But I don't cuss. Ever. Well, hardly ever. Um, only if it is really needed. teehee ♥♥♥ Deb
Update away, deb!
ReplyDeletePlease keep these quotes coming as long as you want. Hee heehee
And as for cussing: who better to honor but 'oh for fuck's sake!.......our Renee .
Love!
kj
hi hi kj! thank you for the perfect non blog award! i have just recently had a blog anniversary, four years of incredible experiances. i feel so lucky so blessed. i hear you saying you do too, it's amazing isn't it? i am blessed to know you too, meeting you not once but twice, in the greatest city in the world, nyc (and of course here in california). never would i have imagined what blogging would bring to my life.
ReplyDeletehere's to friendship, true and blue,
xxxx lori
Lori my true and blue dear dear friend: how lucky I am to have found you ♥
DeleteAnd what fun we have!
back at you kj - i feel very fortunate to have connected with dear souls who radiate their creativity and love out through the cyberworld.
ReplyDeletethank you for being one of the brightest stars in that group.
with love,
amanda
xoxo
Yes yes yes Amanda . I truly say likewise and ditto. Oh what I have learned from you!
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kj
Thank you Kj, it goes into my heart. I am just catching up a bit, due to sadness and a painful shoulder my blogging is limited right now. I love Chase already, Bella also runs and sleeps, not much in between, I do let her off leash when we hike in the forest, so she can run, but sometimes she disappears for 20 minutes at a time and it is scary, but she always comes back. Kisses to you and Chase.
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Annie, my heart cries for your great loss. Your sorrow and your love will become part of you. I think. And part of your art . And I think your mother will inspire and watch over you
DeleteWe had an awfully hard night with chase. Two bad seizures while in the company of two little boys. Not easy to see :-(.
Ah Bella takes off for 20 minutes? That would make me nervous too
Take care Annie xoxo
Love
kj
Grabbed your award, stuffed it into my Special pocket where all Special things go.
ReplyDeleteI will toss it back to you here,,,,every pocket needs one.
Thanks
xo
Ah a cozy place in your special pocket, babs. . Don't think I'll be going anywhere any time soon :-)
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kj
I love you KJ. You have a heart the size of Texas and I'm in the mood for a southern drawl. Your life pleases me...not that it matters, but as a peeker in...well, it just does a heart good!
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~Annie
Thank you so much Annie. I love you too. And I'm grinning at you in the grocery store, remember ?
DeleteYou know I also struggle in life. I'm taking a graduate course called 'bend like a tree' . I hope to hell I pass! Metaphorically !
Love love
kj
Thanks for this lovely its not a blog award :)
ReplyDeleteI saved the image on my computer and will print it out later.
Would be perfect in my bathroom you know.
And such a cute post to go with it.
Have been so busy lately and can't seem to pick up blogging on a regular basis. But I am still hopeful that later I will again.
Have a wonderful Sunday and give chase a hug from me
♥M
Oh yes for your bathroom, Marianne!
DeleteTo me the best part of blogging is doing it how and when you want. Sometimes we are pulled everywhere else.
But here are your friends and visitors, happily waiting :-)
Love
kj
Can you love someone you have never even seen in real life? Well a few years ago I would have scoffed at such a silly notion ... and then I started blogging. I found a way to express the real me and in doing so found some amazing people who accept the real me too ... fair exchange is no robbery ... I found that accepting myself made it all the easier to accept others and to believe again in the power of loving friendships. I will take this award KJ and tuck it away in my heart as well as somewhere on my blog. My dear dear friend. Much love to you as always xx Jos
ReplyDeleteJos, there is so much I could say but the most important thing is to answer your first question.
DeleteYES. Love grows and stays and sustains . We are living proof; my traveler dearest friend
Always!
kj
Oh, what a beautiful post! I know so much what you mean about awards, it is so nice to have someone give you one, but then you have to choose where else for it to go, and well, then what? You have too many talented folks to bestow it upon!
ReplyDeleteJust wondering, did you read the story about the lady who was rescuing the starfish that had washed up on the beach and was throwing them back into the sea? When told that she could not possibly make a difference because there were so many, she picked one up, threw in far out into the water and said, "I made a difference to THAT one!"
I wrote about this on my blog in the very early days and it is a story dear to my heart!
And I love making rhymes with you! Let's do some more!! :-)
Yes Kay, I remember that story from you. That's it, isn't it? Do what you can do....
ReplyDeleteOh so you want to rhyme
Sometime?
Well, that's very fine!!!!
Love
kj
I used to do awards and was never comfortable having to choose. Because there is just too much good that comes form the blogging community to narrow it down.
ReplyDeleteOh but give me my own award someday cs
Delete:-)
I'm so glad to know you
Love
kj
Hello my sweet lady. Thank you for the award...it's in my pocket and I'll be touching it throughout the day to remind me of precious people on the other side of the globe...
ReplyDeleteHello Chrisy, yes, let it be warm when needed xo
DeleteDifferent lives, yes?, and yet.........
Love
Kj
Aww, this is just so sweet!
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