Tagged: Blogging
Becky and the Black Labs
So I am going to see my friend this afternoon.
Around 2:00.
We both have black labs, husbands and children (well, she has a child).
Our dogs love to run and play together. They get along so well.
I love to watch Maya roll around and chase Bailey.
They have returned home from the nature trails and nearby woods with their tongues
hanging to the side and each other’s saliva turned to icicles hanging off of their mouths.
My friend and I pause our conversations to watch them when they come to the
sliding door, to check in with us and laugh. It makes us smile.
Now that winter is leaving us I am sure they will return a muddy mess.
I’m glad they have each other.
I’m glad that I have her.
Lady (Becky)
So there’s this lady that I know,
She challenges me to grow.
Our conversations just flow.
We crunch on baby carrots and sip on tea,
Time together just her and me,
no family
I am such a thinker, ponderer, wanderer,
She helps me challenge that voice,
quiet it if you will, make it still
So that I can reflect and inspect,
put myself in check,
Like I said there’s this lady that I know,
She challenges me to grow.
She’s someone you should know.
Friendship is a powerful thing.
Do you have a friend that’s different from the rest?
What is it about the person that is so unique and refreshing for you?
Please share in the comment section below, I would love to know!
Liebster Award
WARNING THIS IS MY LONGEST POST YET
So, I was nominated for the Liebster Award by mooreme02 Please check out her blog. I wasn’t going to do this at first as it seemed really chain mail’ish to me but I couldn’t turn away from an opportunity to show case some blog’s that I have been enjoying. I am over the 200 followers limit and so are some of the one’s I will nominate myself but please take a look at them.
So here we go,
THE RULES
The recipient must post 11 fun facts about themselves
The recipient must also answer 11 questions created by the award giver
The recipient must give the award to 11 new bloggers with less than 200 followers and post 11 questions for them to answer
These 11 bloggers must be told they have been given the award
They will in turn pass the award on to 11 new bloggers of their choice (no tagging back the award giver)
11 Random Facts About Me
1. I adore pillars
2. I like to dance and sing in my kitchen to loud music when people aren’t around
3. I love AMC’s The Walking Dead
4. I enjoy the sun and the beach
5. I am the founder and coach of a cheer leading organization
6. I am a Scorpio, Tiger and Jaguar (I like astrology)
7. I went to school for Funeral Services to be a Funeral Director
8. I am a movie buff I would go to the theater weekly if I had my way (and eat a lot of buttery popcorn)
9. I love museums and architecture (especially fountains and churches)
10. I speak french
11. I am in love with Italy and Italian culture
QUESTIONS ( I will stick with the same questions to avoid a REALLY long post)
1. If you could live in any city where would it be?
Here, home is where the heart is. I would like to retire to a villa in Italy.
2. What would be your favorite vacation destination?
Italy for the food, culture, people and architecture
3. What is your biggest pet peeve?
When people’s tags are sticking out of the back of their shirts and having to repeat myself
4. What is your favorite internet website?
WordPress and Pinterest
5. Do you have a favorite restaurant or food?
I love food. Period. It’s one of the greatest aspects of living for me. Favorites include Lox, Sushi and Maki, Fusion food , mashed potatoes with Yorkshire puddings and gravy the list goes on and on..
6. Who is your celebrity idol?
I’d have to say Oprah, she really paid it forward and did some remarkable things with her success.
7. If you had a whole day to do anything you wanted what would you do?
I would be with the people that I love and care about at the beach in the sun, with wine and books, a ‘frisbee’ and football, a paper and pen, fires and food, the sunset and a long drive back home.
8. How would you rather travel?
Car or sailboat
9. What is your biggest fear?
To not live life to the fullest, to be all that I can be for myself and for those around me.
10. What is your favorite sport?
To play, baseball, golf and volleyball. To watch, hockey and football
11. If you were given the keys to any car what would you want them to be?
Porsche 911 GTRS (with a picnic basket in the trunk to stop any where at any time)
My nominations are: (there were so many to choose from so here are a few that I have enjoyed reading, that have engaged me through comments, and supported me by sharing my blog)
1. A Word a Day I love me some Words!
2. Jade’s Jungle She is new and has supported me, check out her blog
3. Andy Check out his blog! Andy also drew attention to the fact that my title could be misread as writing sofa mrs instead of writings of a mrs, this inspired a post idea for the near future
4. Papizilla for approving my blog and posting about it, many thanks again, he’s a great supporter of other bloggers and has a fantastic one himself!
5. John Great blog about retirement
6. Ziggy Mang Great Poetry
7. Jane Louise Beautiful photography!
8. kouzounaskitchen Mmmm food
9. The ancient Eavesdroppper Beautiful photographs and poetry
10. Everyday Power Blog His stuff is SO good!
11. The Sand County Environmentalist perspective on nature
A special thanks again to moorme02 for nominating me!! And to all of you that bothered to read this!
Cheers,
Jennifer.
Thank you for all of the love and support. 1,000 views in my first 7 days!
“Love is a feeling put into action through chemistry and emotion. It is intangible and diverse. It is a mystery.”
Jennifer David (me) 2013
My blog has been up for 1 week now.
I have over 1,000 views
457 followers
I feel nothing but love for you all! Thank you!
Thoughts?…
Thoughts?
What are your thoughts on this quote? Is it a fair statement? Let me know.
“Don’t judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
(Back to blogging tomorrow, I will be posting new things Monday to Fridays, I figure I should share my expectations for postings since this is my first week.)
Thanks have a wonderful Sunday!
Jennifer
In between, places yet unseen
Have you ever felt in between?
Excited to be places yet unseen?
Embarking on a new or scary venture?
But knowing that it’s right?
That is how I have been feeling today.
Take courage my friends and trust in yourself and your intuition.
In honor of National poetry month, here is my one and only poem.
This was written during a time of pondering faith and science in Feb. 2009
In between
Heaven, earth
Creator, creation
faith, manipulation
joy, exasperation
Belief, trust
hardened crust
They’ve seen the light
about to take flight
to places unseen,
somewhere in between
Bipedalism, microorganisms
evolution, pollution
surreal, secular appeal
be like me, trinity
cross symbolism
fleshly heroism
Glorified Gods
isolated pods.
They’ve seen the light
about to take flight
to places never seen,
somewhere in between.
Knowledge
realities foliage
“I think that was a poem, either way I love words.“
Stats and palette’s
Today I’m feeling a little more like I have my footing. I feel better able to navigate my way around my blog.
I have no idea what stats typically look like for new bloggers and because my intention is to share my journey I will share where I’m at currently.
I had 35 views day one 4:30pm first blog.
Yesterday I had 115 views (second blog)
So far today I have had 34 views for a total of 214 views prior to the posting of this blog.
I have 16 followers 2 of whom I know personally.
I have been sincerely in awe by the fantastic community of writers, bloggers, poets, musings, opinions, photographer’s, techy’s and crafty’s (I like to add y’s and group people, my apologies if that offends it’s not intended to, it’s a celebration of the group of people) that are out there to discover. I have laughed and cried, been inspired and educated, not wanting to write only wanting to connect, comment and engage people about their writings and I’m only 40 hours into my blog/journey. There is so much material to read, to the point of distraction.
This reminds me of a quote that I love by Nietzsche a German philosopher.
“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
I learned about Nietzsche while in College last year in a general humanities course. My professor was an anthropologist and a ‘Wordy’ (see end quote of previous post for a description) unlike any other I have ever met.
He encouraged my writing even asked to keep copies of my papers and to read my pieces to the class. He was a great encourager.
When I first read Nietzsches philosophy I was enticed by his ideas of self. Being that I am not naturally a visual creative type of person I was drawn to the idea of creation.
Design with the ability to potentially become artistic, bold and colorful with myself as the palette.
Nietzsche believes that we can become unique, original. That we can become more than a sheep, a follower, a conformist, that our lives can be created by us to reflect art. Whatever we want to create, a masterpiece of our own design, inarguably perfect and beautiful because it is our creation.
Although I may not agree with all (or most for that matter) of Nietzsches philosophy I have always loved this idea.
Today while I was reading, I was so inspired to see this very idea coming alive on the palette’s of each individual visit to this place we call blog.
For more information on Friedrich Nietzsche please visit your local philosopher’s blog
And so it begins…
So, today I decided to start a Blog, not unlike it seems, the entire free world.
After searching the internet far and wide, researching for tips from the pro’s on how to set up a Blog, how to successfully write a Blog, how often to write in your Blog, I discovered one major theme across them all. Have a specific direction or idea. Have a topic or a purpose.
They say don’t write about your love of birds, write about a specific bird but you see, I don’t have a bird, most definitely not a specific bird. I know a little but not a lot about all of the animal kingdom and I also find all of it equally fascinating and worth expressing thoughts and opinions about.
So let’s get to specifics, boiling it down to a theme, this was a problem. Yes, I say was because I found the common theme, my bird, my love of writing.
Where to begin? What to do with this passion of mine for writing? I want to share my current directionless journey, right from the beginning, through a Blog on how I attempt to share my thoughts and ideas with the world through writing.
So I will Blog about my journey towards becoming a published, read author/writer/blogger, while sharing my self, my musings, thoughts, books and papers with you along the way.
Hopefully together we can walk away from this journey enlightened and successful or in the very least, better acquainted.
