Small Reflections: HF #91- NaBloPoMo (Day 21 already?)

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then visit me at my new blog ...
Giraffe Journal
and/or website ... Labyrinth Journal
both self-hosted at WordPress
where I publish as myself
rather than under a
pseudonym.

I've not had much time for posting or blog visits, but if you're interested I hope you'll find time to check out my new blog, Giraffe Journal or my Labyrinth Journal website ... both self hosted at WordPress.

Thanks for your visit and have a delightful day ;--)
Hugs and blessings,

Friday, November 21, 2008

HF #91- NaBloPoMo (Day 21 already?)

Make Time for Small Reflections
Where has November gone?

NaBloPoMo-Day21

Mike of Rambling Stuff
gave this lovely award to
me & others ... and

I've decided to
pass it on to everyone
who has commented

during the past week
here at Small Reflections ... I'm
grateful for you all!

In alphabetical order ...
Akelamalu-6
Ari
B. Roan
Chris B
Dave
Deb
Eve
Hootin' Anni-2
Ivanhoe-2
Izzy 'n Emmy
Jeanne
Jo, a retired teacher
Joy
Joyce-2
Karen-6
Kitten
Ladybug
Laane
Linda
Lisa-6
Mama Zen
Martha-3
Maggie
Mariposa
Mike Golch
Momisodes-3
Patsy
Quiet Paths
Robin
Sandee -2
Tammy
Tish
Vixen

FYI - I shared an Autumn Award at Sacred Ruminations yesterday ... (just because) ... so check it out when time permits.

For others participating in Haiku Friday this week go to A Mommy Story
SkyWatch#23/Haiku Friday#92 is at Sacred Ruminations

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

In case you missed them, click for last week's posts:
Thursday's Thought - Some things to consider ...
Whimsical Wednesday - with Birthday Wishes and a humble request (or two) for your consideration
Live simply, Laugh Often ...
Morning Musings - The Pink Sisterhood
Unconscious Mutterings & More ...
Giving Thanks Challenge & A Great Holiday Idea
Haiku Friday #89-So Cal Fires

Thought for Today
"The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend." Aristotle

21 comments:

Joyce said...: Thank you so much, Virginia.

What a good idea to do an alphabetized list of your blogging friends. :); November 21, 2008 at 6:57 AM
Jo, a retired teacher said...: I am always in awe of the way you keep up with so many things on more than one blog. I obviously have much to learn.; November 21, 2008 at 8:27 AM
Momisodes said...: You are so sweet. I am also so impressed by how organized and on top your visitors you are. This is such a lovely award, as is the autumn one on you sidebar (it's beautiful!).

Hope you're having a lovely Friday.; November 21, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Ivanhoe said...: Oh my! That is so sweet! Thank you very much, Storyteller :o)
Have a wonderful weekend!; November 21, 2008 at 9:49 AM
Akelamalu said...: Oh thank you, you're so kind! xx; November 21, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Sandee said...: How cool. Both of your blogs and I get this cool award on both. I'll get a post up today. Thank you so very much. Have a great day and weekend. Big hug. :); November 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Deb @ Sugarfused said...: Awwww! Thanks for thinking of me! I think you're pretty darn special, too :); November 21, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Mike Golch said...: thanks for the new one.I'll post it later today.I'm glad you enjoyed the award I gave you.I hope that you are having a great day today!; November 21, 2008 at 12:55 PM
ChrisB said...: Thank you, I'm so glad I dropped by tonight. I now have the Tina Turner song in my head!; November 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Patsy said...: You are so sweet. I always enjoy my stop by your place -- wish I was organized enough to get by everyday.; November 21, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Linda said...: I don't know how you keep up with two blogs, but I think I've said that before. And what's really cool is I get two awards. Thank you so very much. I'll get them posted over the weekend.; November 21, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Roan said...: Thank you for sharing. It is always my pleasure to visit.; November 21, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Mel said...: Came over from your comment on the haiku at Taking What is Left. Thought I'd let you know Wordpress has a total wordcount for each post right in the composing sidebar. I failed NaNoWriMo too, and I kinda wish I would have done NaBloPoMo instead. Might have been easier. :); November 21, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Maude Lynn said...: That is so sweet!; November 22, 2008 at 6:53 AM
Mom Knows Everything said...: What a sweet award! Thank you!; November 22, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Martha said...: Thank you so much for the award. I have a few I've been saving up to have an "awards ceremony" post sometimes soon - this one will be included :-); November 22, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Martha said...: The awards have been posted, come see! :-); November 22, 2008 at 4:19 PM
kitten said...: Thank you so much! I really needed a smile today!; November 23, 2008 at 7:23 AM
Joy Des Jardins said...: Thank you so much Virginia for sharing this with me....you are so thoughtful. My head swirls with how you keep up with everything.

Have a beautiful, warm Thanksgiving sweetie.... ~Joy xo; November 23, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Karen said...: Wow--this is an especially lovely award!!I love the image and it's going up on mine!! Thank you!!; November 24, 2008 at 8:28 AM
Grandy said...: That is a very cute award, Storyteller. :); November 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM

Currently ...

... I'm thankful to have encountered the 'Food Court Flash Mob Hallelujah Chorus to share here at Small Reflections. I've also shared a Beautiful Meditative Video and a delightful Random Act of Culture (that happened at Macy's) at Sacred Ruminations ... just because.

I'm also grateful that I've created a personalized 1st edition 'Labyrinth Journal' for my friend Susan. I've written a second version that I plan to publish & share with others very soon.

My sister & her husband arrived in town on Wednesday, November 17th and will be around for a few months ... so that's pretty 'kewl' too!

Remember ... you can find me sharing at Giraffe Journal and Labyrinth Journal when you don't see anything from me posted here.

Hope all's well with you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,
Virginia

FYI - My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, at WordPress. It is my intention to keep this 'Daily Gratitude List' in my sidebar indefinitely because I believe it makes sense to focus on what's right in our lives regularly. Click for:
2010 Lists - July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2009 Lists - December, November, October, September, August, July June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists - December, November

More About Me

Click to learn ...
How I Became a Blogger

Evolution of my blogs
Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at SacredRuminations ... the site where I joined Carla's Sacred Life Project. I published daily on both sites initially, but in mid-January of 2008 I gave myself permission to cut myself some slack & rethink things. Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily here, but I'm thinking about alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

In October of 2008, I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary here at Small Reflections on the 22nd & at Sacred Ruminations on the 23rd.

I completed Blog 365 in 2008 with a total of 378 posts here at Sacred Ruminations, 234 at Sacred Ruminations, 20 at BlogRolls, Bling & Blurbs, and 30 at Happily Retired Gal for a grand total of 662 ... all in 366 days!

In 2009, my sister & her husband returned to So Cal for 4 months and I had less time to blog. Even though they're on the road again, I'm finding it challenging to recapture a daily blogging habit. Click for more specifics about this.

In October of 2009 I celebrated my 2nd Blogoversary here at Small Reflections & at Sacred Ruminations and in November of 2009 I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary at Happily Retired Gal. Little did I know what would follow when I entered this 'virtual' world.

Click to find ...

My Blog Blasts for Peace:
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music
Blog Rolls & Bling - What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and last June:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step

My Peace Globes are below
Clicking on them will take you to the related 'Bl0g Blast' post also.
"It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear .... It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to." Marilyn Ferguson

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

"it takes courage to become who you really are." e.e. cummings

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust

"How you handle the situation IS the situation." Stephen Covey

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Lao-Tzu

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William James

"At mid-life more than any other time, we have renewed opportunity to create health by expressing our creativity fully." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot

"Things are only impossible until they're not." Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows." Ralph Waldo Emerson

More thoughts

"We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't have in life, we have neglected to give them what we did." Anyonmous

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"There are events in life that cannot be explained or changed. I acknowledge them, feel them, and I release the rage, guilt, loss, anger, and grief." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win." Bernadette Devlin

"The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity." Edmund Burke

"In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." Virginia Woolf

"The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and their unlimited imagination." James Michener

"If you think you can, or think you can't -- you're right." Henry Ford

More Thoughts ...

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do." Georgia O'Keefe

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." Richard Bach

"Telling stories causes others to remember what they have always known." Anonymous

"Character is the bridge between our beliefs and our behavior. Character is the glue of personality, the connective tissue that makes a person whole, integrated, a person of integrity." Joan Konner, journalist

"What you choose not to look at in life, rules your life." Lynn Andrews

"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"When a woman changes her life for the better, her entire family (whether or not she has children) generally benefits. She sets the tone. The well-being of the family and of society itself depends upon women becoming and remaining healthy. So we owe it to ourselves to put ourselves first and take the time we need to heal." Dr. Christiane Northrup

Friday, November 21, 2008

HF #91- NaBloPoMo (Day 21 already?)

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