today

living on

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morphs

into yesterday

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becomes a story

once upon a time

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© 2012, photo (At East West Bookstore with Ann Emerson) and poem,  Jamie Dedes All rights reserved

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THE SUNSHINE AWARD

Many thanks to Four Blue Hills (a repository of sorts) for the Sunshine Award. One of the rules for this award it “write ten things about yourself” … I’m a rather boring self and my blog has been up a long time with probably way more information than anyone might care to have. If you really want to know, my page – A Foray Into the Blogsphere – is my “About.”

Also, I have on many occasion mentioned my fave blogs here in one context or another or I have reblogged their work and/or passed one or another award on to them. (The short list – I have some 80-90 – includes: Blaga, Marilynn, Charles, Victoria, Patti, Amy, Karen, Naomi, Dan, Michael, Gayle, Cherlyn, Susan, Leslie, Cindy …)

Having said that, during the months I wasn’t blogging regularly or commenting on blogs, I did discover a few new (to me) and most enjoyable bloggers who are writers, artists, or photographers. I’ve shared their links below and pass this award on to them. Now they are asked in return to post the “Sunshine Award” logo, reveal ten things about themselves, and pass the award to ten other bloggers.

Before the list: An introduction to Four Blue Hills ~ She has traveled more than a bit, lived in Europe as well as the U.S. She’s originally from San Diego, California and currently lives in what might very well be the fresh-air capital of the world, Wyoming. Her interests are eclectic: politics, books and blogs, computers, cultural anthropology, and photography. Her photography blog is Four Blue Hills – Wyoming foto blog. Her photographic skills are excellent and Wyoming is a beautiful state, just two good reasons to check out her blogs. My first impression of Wyoming was space, space, and more space and lovely easy-to-breath air.

Jackson Hole Valley, Wyoming via Wikipedia, Public Domain

The List of Sunshine Awardees (in no special order):

• dribblingpensioner ~ “Just another pensioner with his thoughts if he can remember them”
• Sharmishtha Basu’s poetries ~ “Just some poems to stir your heart, soul, mind and life”
• Raven’s Press and Noh-Where ~ both by the incredible and very dear, Liz
• visionsofapollo ~ “Talk of all things mythological and mystical … with an occasional journey into the unconscious”
• Paula Kuitenbrouwer ~ “Mindful Drawing“
• Paula Tohline Calhoun ~ “reflections from a cloudy mirror”
• Tigerbright’s Blog ~ “Looking for the Light”
• Into the Bardo ~ my collaborators there: Ann Emerson and Rob Rossel
• Nae’s Nest ~ “Dancing With Cancer and Other Writings”
• Source of Inspiration ~ “All is One, co-creating with the Creator”
• Sons of Thunder Patron ~ “God, Family, Cuisine, Life, Poetry, Music, Ships, History, Treasures”

So, that actually makes twelve. Sorry folks. What can I say: It’s love!

THANKS TO THE MANY VALUED IF UNMENTIONED BLOGGERS

WHO BRING JOY, COLOR, ART, PLAY AND NEW IDEAS INTO OUR LIVES …

AND TO MY OFF-LINE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE STALWART READERS HERE -

MANY BLESSING,

Jamie