Handing Out Awards
Neda created some awards recently in response to the Blog Action Day. She gave them to me for some of my work. Neda suggested we pass them along also. Most of you I visit regularly also got theses awards so I am going to introduce you to some new blogs.
Artist for Peace © Neda Doany
Tom Weiner has started a blog relatively recently and he has been quite busy!! His blog is called Vietnam War Draft Stories. He has been writing a book “Called To Serve: Stories of Men and Women Affected by the Vietnam Draft.” He wants to help heal the pain still going on from that war and build bridges. I find that both of these awards are perfect for him as a writer. you may notice that Tom’s blog is laid out a little differently than usual. His front page is static – he is still wanting stories. Some of the stories are on pages – accessed from the sidebar. And also his new posts are also accessed from the sidebar.
Global Artist © Neda Doany
The other people who have started blogging haven’t done many posts yet. They have let periods of time stretch without posting. But I know them personally and know that all three are working for peace and harmony. I am giving them this reward for the work that they do as artists for peace rather than as bloggers for peace. And I do hope that this award will encourage them to blog more regularly!
Pam Roberts has a blog Spirit of the Written Word and she works with the healing power of words for healing health issues and our feelings around these issues. “The Healing Power of Writing” is her caption. This is why I feels she deserves this award.
Ellen Blanchette has a blog called Arts & Politics. Ellen is a photographer and also a writer, among other artistic things. She started her blog particularly to discuss art and also politics … which is why I am giving her this award. I know the general drift of her politics and I know she is for peace and for protecting the environment.
Karl Meyer has a blog called Karl Meyer Writing and he also writes many articles for newspapers, books and such. Trust me, he is very active for global peace, the environment and rights! He hasn’t written that much political in his blog yet, but wait until he gets going!
A Windy Day-ACEO © Diane Clancy
I want you to have a chance to know about these other blogs and also to encourage these new bloggers that it is worth writing … people do read.
By the way, I would encourage someone who has one of Frances‘ awards, to give the teaching award to Neda. She has had some many posts with hints about how she collages, I think it would be great to give her that award! Frances’ awards are very beautiful and I hope they get passed along!! They deserve to!
I would love to hear about you too!!
~ Diane Clancy
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I visited the other blogs, but I am not interested in them so much, as some of them have entries that date back to August and another one had an entry in July and then finally one in October. That is too sparsely written for me. I do like blogs that are kept up to date regularly and are written with some amount of zeal. I didn’t read the Vietnam stories, but will go back there some other time when the mood strikes me better. It’s a heavy subject. I’ve bookmarked the page.
Your award is well deserved, Diane, for image of Buddha in bubbles, such a peaceful image. It was a great event, Rima’s wall of images,and Neda’s awards are the icing on the cake.
Hi Irene, I hope you enjoy Tom’s blog as you have time.
Hi Beverly, thank you so much. The wall was beautiful.
~ Diane
Hi there…Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts..what a nice Tuesday
So I just discovered I won this award by reading my own blog which I have been neglecting. I want to thank Diane for her kind words. I felt not at all qualified to speak on global warming except to say that I am frustrated that our national leaders continue to drag their heels and pretend we have lots of time to deal with this. I do hope that will begin to change now that the American people seem to be waking up to reality.
Thanks, Diane, for all your encouragement and for this award.
~ Ellen
http://www.ejblanchettephoto.com
It was such a real pleasure visiting all your awardees. What a great bunch.
Hi Neda, I am thrilled that you visited them all! They are great people and artists. Thank you!! ~ Diane
Hey!…Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! it was a great Tuesday
Hello webmaster…Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts..what a nice Monday
Thanks this article is delightful.
I will definitely read your diary..
See ya