My friend Julie Frayn of the awesome www.juliebird.ca and who can be found on twitter at @juliefrayn awarded me (among others) the Liebster award, which is a pay-it-forward award for blogs with fewer than 200 followers. I did not set up my blog to have "followers" so mine qualifies! The idea is that each award recipient keeps the good karma flowing by bestowing the award on up to five other blogs they love. Blogs that maybe others don’t know about yet. There are “rules” to follow in order to claim acceptance.
- Thank the person that nominated you on your blog and link back to them.
- Nominate up to 5 other blogs for the award.
- Let them know via comment on their blog
- Post the award on your blog
So I officially thank Julie for bestowing the award to www.jurascals.com
I will link back to Julie as I figure out the technology to do so, though I believe as this blog posting actually has the hyperlink to her site so I think that part of the rules is covered!
For my nominations, let me preface this by stating that I do not know how many "followers" these sites have and I'm sure they have much more than 200 followers but 1) I want to nominate them and bring your attention to them so that you can enjoy them too and 2) since I took liberal arts math in college I do not guarantee to have perfect math. So I believe my awards to the following honorees is in keeping with the "spirit" of this award! This is not in any order 1-5, please just know that all five made this list!
1) http://www.mjmonaghan.com/ Mr. Monaghan has a wonderful blog and can be found on twitter at @mjmonaghan_ Mr. Monaghan is a quite the humorist and very funny blogger and three times now I have taken what he has had to say seriously! I even took one of his "challenge questions" and wrote out a blog posting as a response! So he is well worth the read and please enjoy!
2) www.gretchenleary.com I nominate Gretchen Leary's blog. It is her main site and contact page. Gretchen can also be found on twitter at @Gretchenleary . Her blog is linked to the "journal" section which is happily titled "Happy Thoughts". She wants to let the world know that she is "a writer who has Aspergers and wants to make a difference in this world". So follow her as she succeeds in her goal!
3) http://mikaleebyerman.wordpress.com/ I am awarding one to Mikalee Byerman (who can also be found on twitter @mikaleebyerman ) whose blog boasts an impressive 76 million followers but as far as I know that's only by her own account so I'm awarding the Liebster award anyway! She is a writer and editor and her blog is very funny! She ends her "about me" section of her blog by writing "Thank you for reading. Now leave me a nice comment below — to let me know you stopped by. Otherwise, you just look like a stalker.
" So read her work!
4) http://my.opera.com/jbaird/blog/ I am awarding an award to Janean Baird who can be found on twitter @turquoisetangle . Janean is a mom, wife and writer and artist. She posts reflections about her life, her struggles and triumphs and the things that make every day special. I know you will enjoy her work.
5) www.karenglosserdesigns.tumblr.com I nominate Karen Glosser of Karen Glosser designs. Her blog "The View From Here" demonstrates her talent as an artist. She is a jewelry artist but I especially enjoy her blog for her photography. Her photos of the sky and of western NY are fantastic!
So there you have it!
Enjoy and have a wonderful morning/afternoon/night in the blogosphere!
I've checked out a few of your picks, Joe. Love them!! Will do the rest tonight after work. Have a GREAT day. :)
ReplyDeleteI am honored -- and seriously humbled. Each and every blog award I've received has been granted by someone whose work I respect/admire, making it that much more humbling. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely can't wait to check out your other recommendations...
And btw, thanks for not being a stalker -- and for recommending others don't, either. Friends don't let blog friends stalk, after all.
;)