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A Sincere Apology and Genuine Appreciation
I want all of you who stop by my blog, regularly or just one time, to know how much I appreciate your sharing with me. Those who come by here regularly know that this is more than mere writing practice and sharing photos for me. I keep this blog as a way to let out and to share the storms and the sunny days, the struggles and the triumphs of my personal journey. I am indebted to all of you for taking the time to share in the journey, and those of you who have reached out to me in kindness and care, please know how much that has meant, and means to me. I don’t say it enough, but I always, always recognize it. Thank you.
I have been getting behind on responding to comments, and I am sorry. This is been a busy (and difficult) time for me, and I am doing my best to keep my head above water. I promise to get caught up as soon as I am able.
Along that same line, some very generous bloggers have nominated me for quite a few awards, and I feel just terrible that I have not been more prompt and thorough in my response. First of all, THANK YOU. It means a great deal to me to be nominated for any award, any time. I still can’t believe anyone is interested in reading what I have to write and looking at my photos! Please know that I do genuinely appreciate every one of the nominations.
Some of the awards I have been nominated for (some of which I have received nominations for before, if they sound familiar) are the Leibster Award. the Very Inspiring Blogger Award (thank you!), the Super Sweet Blogger Award (:D), and the Blog of the Year (Wow! Thank you!!!). All of these have special requirements which I am sorry to say I just do not have time to do right now with so much piled up waiting for me to take care of. But I did want to say a huge thank you and express my appreciation.
These awards always ask for the nominee to name or nominate other blogs, so I will take this end of year opportunity to recommend some blogs and to say thank you to these special bloggers who have been not only readers but friends to me in this WordPress Universe.
http://breathofgreenair.wordpress.com/
http://beeseeker.wordpress.com/
http://wallgrimm.wordpress.com/
http://slpmartin.wordpress.com/
Two More Award Nominations (Thank You!!!!)
I am overwhelmed with the support and encouragement I have gotten from this Word Press community. I have gotten two new award nominations:
The Shine On Blog Award
The Super Duper Sweet Blogging Award
I genuinely appreciate this recognition. It was difficult for me to share my writing at first, because I am such an introvert, but this community is so encouraging and supportive!
I have shared so many facts about myself already…..nobody wants to hear more! I am happy, however, to share more blogs that you might want to go check out:
breathofgreenair.wordpress.com
http://luxcapacity.wordpress.com
Thank you, everyone, for continuing to share ❤
Awards! (and apologies)
I realize that I have not been back to my “About” page in quite awhile, and I found all sorts of unanswered posts there. I’m sorry! My brain feels like that most of the time, as if it is full of unanswered posts. I promise to get to all of them today. In there, I found that I had been nominated for a number of awards….THANK YOU!
Sunshine Award
Best Moment Award
The Versatile Blogger Award
Epically Awesome Award Of Epic Awesomeness
Thank you, nominators! I do appreciate the recognition you have given me, and I apologize for my lapse in responding. All of these awards require some sort of providing information about yourself and then recommending other blogs, so I will condense into one post.
Some facts about me:
1. I love blue – every shade of blue. I love the way it looks, the way it smells, tastes, feels, and especially the way it sounds. I imagine myself to be blue.
2. Everyone I know, writers and poets, are drawn to the moon. I love the sun. You will find I write about the sun a lot.
3. I talk to animals. They speak back to me.
4. I don’t like too much noise. But I don’t like silence for too long.
5. I love horses and elephants.
6. One of my favorite things to do is watch the clouds.
7. I am an empath; I pick up the emotions of people around me.
8. I am an INFP (MBTI, for those who are familiar)
9. I love daisies, sunflowers, and all wildflowers (which I identify with)
10. It is difficult for me to write facts about myself!!!
Recommending blogs is much easier! There are so many great ones out there. Please forgive me if I miss yours. It does not mean I don’t appreciate it. Here are some of my favorites:
http://alienshores52.wordpress.com/
http://volutedmind.wordpress.com/
http://secondhalfwoman.wordpress.com/
http://luddyslens.wordpress.com/
http://breathofgreenair.wordpress.com/
http://bellaremyphotography.com/
http://mypoetryandverse.wordpress.com/
http://beeseeker.wordpress.com/
http://blackandwrite.wordpress.com/
http://greenlightlady.wordpress.com/
http://shardsofdubois.wordpress.com/
There are many more I could share, and I will try to do so more regularly. Again, thank you for these awards. I do genuinely appreciate it!
Two New Poems Published
Hi Friends. I’d like to share two recent publications, so you might go check out the poems as well as the wonderful journals in which they are included. I don’t write much haiku, but two of them were selected for publication recently, one in the latest issue of Paper Wasp and one in the next issue of Heron’s Nest. Please check out these fine publications if you get the chance!
Publication of Sounds of You
Please visit http://www.leaves-of-ink.com today to see my poem “Sounds of You.” Thank you, as always, for you support!
Sarah
The Very Inspiring Blogger Award
I am so pleased and happy that I have been nominated by secondhalfwoman (http://secondhalfwoman.wordpress.com) for the The Very Inspiring Blogger Award. I do so appreciate the recognition and encouragement!
Rules of this award are as follows:
1. Link back to the blogger that awarded you.
2. Nominate 15 other bloggers.
3. Share 7 facts about yourself.
I have put the link back to secondhalfwoman’s blog. It’s great – you should go check it out! Here are 15 other blogs (of many, many) that I enjoy:
1. http://photosbywyatt.wordpress.com/
3. http://dsatellite.wordpress.com/
4. http://missrosen.wordpress.com/
5. http://pamtanzey.wordpress.com/
6. http://scottiechronicles.com/
7. http://wordpress.com/#!/read/blog/id/34647045/
8. http://shadesofclaire.wordpress.com/
9. http://apronhead.wordpress.com/
10. http://wordpress.com/#!/read/blog/id/40501865/
11. http://wordpress.com/#!/read/blog/id/36750569/
12. http://sickocean.wordpress.com/
13. http://cobbledtoolbox.wordpress.com/
14. http://thoughtsfromtheoutdoors.wordpress.com/
15. http://hovercraftdoggy.com/
Now for the hard part…..7 facts about myself….this won’t be easy for me. Let’s see…
1. I have survived brain surgery (craniotomy) once already, but my brain tumor has re-grown.
2. I am an animal lover, with a particular fondness for dogs, horses, and donkeys.
3. I can “read” people.
4. My three favorite places are Alaska, Sedona AZ, and the northern coast of France.
5. I love pizza.
6. I know people I have never met.
7. I want to get a book published so there is something left behind for my daughters when I am gone.
Thanks again for this opportunity and nomination. Wordpress has been a real gift to me!
Good news!
I received word this weekend that my photograph “Light Under Pier” will be published in the next issue of Off the Coast. Exciting news for me!
Also, my first attempt at visual poetry, Words Left Behind was selected for publication by The Artistic Muse. You can view it here:
http://www.theartisticmuse.com/poehemians-submitted-poetry.html
Thank you for sharing my good news and my writing and photography journey with me. 🙂
Hello! I want…
Hello! I wanted to share with everyone that my poem Lightkeepers is in this month’s edition of The Whirlwind Review. Check it out at:
http://writingthewhirlwind.net/monagle.html
Welcome!
Welcome to the newest version of my blog. I have a way of putting things down in writing and then deciding to erase them out of existence. Do other people do that? Anyway, I promise to keep this blog going if anyone else comes along for the ride with me. Last time, it was only photos and poems. This time, nothing is off limits. So, I invite you to join me as I try to figure things out, mostly people, who continue to perplex me. Stay with me as the days and weeks go by….you never know what I might write about next 😉
Talking to the Clouds 