Bridge Building
Wise Web Woman should be packing her case in readiness for her forthcoming trip to Ireland. She arrives in on 30th May and next day she will be up bright and early to take part in the Flora Ladies Mini Marathon in Dublin City. Oh for the energy! So, if you are going along to watch the Girls strut their stuff you need two placards, one with ‘Wise Web Woman on it and the other for Patricia Anglican!
Meanwhile procrastinating instead of packing, WWW is gazing at the award she received from Gossamer Woman.
Now I like the sound of that…. reaching out and building bridges!
In the true spirit of blogging she passed the baton on and shared some bloggy goodness to people who in her own words:-
I admire and who reach out across boundaries with their sparkling honesty and truth:
Her list of nominees are:
- Tessa at Nuts and Mutton.
Twilight at Twilight Starsong.
Verna at Out of the Cube.
Nick at Nickhereandnow.
Grannymar at Grannymar.
and
Conor at Conorjte.
I think she made a mistake…. ’cause my name appears on that list among some wonderful people whose blogs I enjoy. Thank you Wise Web Woman for the honour.
Sitting with thinking cap in place I scroll through my list of virtual friends to choose a half dozen deserving of this accolade…. It is so difficult as so many of you reach out and build bridges…
My choice this time are:-
Damien Mulley the father figure of blogging in Ireland, who shares time, information and link luv on a daily basis. He is the brains behind the Irish Blog Awards and the Irish Web Awards, events that don’t just happen over night, but take months of planning and preparation to bring so many together for a fun filled evening in recognition of their peers.
Darragh Doyle alright so I am biased! Darragh had the ‘Obama’ spirit long before we heard of Obama. I sometimes wonder if he was born saying “Yes we can! Yes I will!” There are no doors in Darragh’s lexicon, if he wants to meet someone he walks right up there and says hello. He meets people. He introduces people and most of all he enjoys sharing people with all of us through his blog.
Lily’s Blog makes a refreshing read on a wide variety of topics and it is difficult to believe it only arrived on the scene in the last twelve months. Lily, a busy wife & mother to the Collison Clan was the last member of the family to join the blogging world. The boys keep her on her toes baking, blogging, twittering and following their escapades across the globe.
From the Magpie’s nest proves that nagging works. :roll: Magpie11 has been a regular visitor here for a long time now, and from his observations and comments I felt he had what it took to feed a blog of his own. Thankfully for once I was listened to and proved correct. I particularly enjoy his cookery hints they are always tasty and tempting.
Stretching my long arms wide I will pick one blog from and easterly direction and one from the west to comple my half dozen.
Ramana’s Musings reach us all the way from Pune in India. Ramana is an avid reader of everything from heavy tomes to the frivilous fripperance of Grannymar. His blogroll stretches across the globe and he acknowledges every comment that he receives. He has brought many visitors here to join in the fun and I have discovered many new blogs.
Leveraged Intelligence with Conrad (who hails from Kansas and now lives in California) at the helm is a fun place to play. He introduces the subject and we are all invited to join the conversation, at times the visitors take over and Conrad can hardly get a look in.
Now it is your turn… go reach out and build six bridges!
rummuser said,
May 26, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Thank you Grannymar. I shall try and carry the good work forward.
Darragh said,
May 26, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Ah bless you GM. Yep, you got it, for me it is about the people we meet, the things we share and being able to say hello. Really appreciate the addition and the love. xx
Magpie11 said,
May 26, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Thank you! I feel somewhat unworthy…
Darlene said,
May 26, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Congratulations, Grannymar, for an award well deserved. And congratulations to those that you nominated. I will have to visit the ones that are new to me.
The fun of blogging is in the friends you make and it’s doubly fun if they live in another country.
Nancy said,
May 26, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Grannymar,
As much as I dislike interrupting your nominations and all, I must tell you the result of my following your recipe for scones yesterday.
I baked them as directed,I thought, but something must have gone really wrong because they did not turn out as promised.
Without going into too much detail it will suffice to say that I sold all the scones on Ebay last night to the Irish Curling Society .
They told me they would be perfect. All they had to do was put a small handle on top of each scone and they had a regulation 40 pound curling stone…..
Too much baking powder?
Conrad said,
May 26, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Thank you and congratulations to you! I agree with the others that this is an award well deserved. And, I appreciate the shout-out, too.
Lily said,
May 26, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Apologies to be so late saying thank you but not long in from work. I’m honoured that you thought of me and for putting me in with such illustrious company. (This morning was the first morning in ages that I didn’t read your blog over breakfast and look at the surprise I missed!)
Grannymar said,
May 26, 2009 at 10:20 pm
@Ramana I know you will.
@Darragh - Reach for the Sky on 30th!
@Magpie - You are doing fine.
@Darlene - Plenty of new reading for you above.
@Nancy - If the scones weighed 40 pounds you should have applie to the Guinness Book of Records and not ebay.
@Conrad - you are welcome.
@Lily - there is no time limit for reading any blog.
Baino said,
May 27, 2009 at 1:53 am
All worthy Grannymar and so happy you have another blogger to meet and greet soon! Sorry, cannot choose six, the others would feel left out and I like all the people on my blogroll, otherwise I wouldn’t visit their blogs and actually, I love the idea of building bridges (if I singled six out, I’d be burning them!)
kenju said,
May 27, 2009 at 3:17 am
She didn’t make a mistake!! you rightfully deserve it.
Grannymar said,
May 27, 2009 at 7:56 am
@Baino - Welcome home! I hope that Melbourne is still in one piece.
@judy - Thank you.
paddyanglican said,
May 27, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Congratulations Grannymar - And thanks again for your continued support in my quest for glory in the Womens Mini Marathon
;-)
Your bloomers are my secret (not so secret now) weapon
Grannymar said,
May 28, 2009 at 11:18 am
Paddy A,
Not so secret now!!!