Thanks so much to http://getexcitedmakethings.wordpress.com/ for nominating me for the Liebster Award! It’s an award passed on by bloggers to new blogs worth reading (blogs with less than 200 followers), and I really appreciate the enthusiasm from the blogging community!

Recipients of the Liebster Award must:

1. List 11 random facts about you.
2. Answer the questions that were asked of you (by the blogger that nominated you).
3. Nominate 11 other blogs for the Liebster Blog Award and link to their blogs.
4. Notify the bloggers of their award.
5. Ask the award winners 11 questions to answer once they accept the award.

11 Random Facts

1. I love spring thunderstorms

2. My cat Serica was adopted on Halloween day.

3. Mowing the lawn is the best form of meditation.

4. Spiders make me scream like a six year old.

5. If I had the power to go back in time; I would wish I had the power to go forward.

6. When I laugh I snort–stop laughing at me.

7. The best food on the planet is made by my mom ( I might be biased).

8. The smell of a campfire makes me want to play guitar.

9. The doppler effect still confuses me.

10. I didn’t own a cellphone until I was 31.

11. When everything else fails–art will save the world.

Blogger that nominated me & his questions

• What’s the last song you listened to?
• Why did you start your blog?
• Chocolate or Vanilla?
• What’s your favorite place that you’ve traveled to?
• Advice for other bloggers?
• Never have I ever _________
• Do you always match your socks?
• What’s one quote you really like? Inspirational or otherwise.
• What do you want to be remembered by?
• Do you believe in love?
• When was the last time you called someone on the phone (not texted?)

My Answers

1. Stand By Me

2. To meet other writers (and the ones I’ve met kick A!@).

3. Vanilla.

4. Shannon, Ireland

5. Be honest.

6. Ran naked through he streets (maybe in my fifties).

7. Never.

8. ” Life? It’s the lesser of two evils.”

9. I want to be remembered by my ability to put myself in someone else’s shoes.

10. Absolutely.

11. Three hours ago.

11 Questions for My Nominees

1. What’s the last song you listened to?
2. Why did you start your blog?
3. Who inspired you to start writing?
4. What is the one place you would like to visit before you pass?
5. The one big advice for the kids of today?
6. Never have I ever _________
7. Do you always match your socks?
8. What’s one quote you really like? Inspirational or otherwise.
9. What do you want to be remembered by?
10. Do you believe in love?
11. When was the last time you shook somebodies hand?

And Finally, my nominees! Hope you’ll all accept the award and pass it on. (Some of these blogs may have more than 200 followers, but what the hell). Check them out because these people are amazing wordsmiths; be it flash fiction, short stories, or novel chapters.

♦ EW Brrown: http://ghoststoriesfiction.wordpress.com/

♦ myatheistlife: http://myatheistlife.wordpress.com/

♦ sophiebowns: http://sophiebowns.wordpress.com/

♦ HT Bellaqua: http://htbellaqua.wordpress.com/

♦ Get On My Plate: http://lindaghillfiction.wordpress.com/

♦ Suddenly They All Died. The End.: http://suddenlytheyalldied.com/

♦ Julie Green: http://juliegreenart.com/

♦ Daily (w)rite: http://damyantiwrites.wordpress.com/

♦ Shannon A Thompson: http://shannonathompson.com/

♦ Jennifer M Eaton: http://jennifermeaton.com/

♦ Almeida Garcez: http://almeidagarcez.wordpress.com/