I was surprised and pleased to be nominated for the Sunshine Award by Lauri Meyers over at Lauri’s Stories. She is so sweet to think of me and I’m so glad that Frog on a Blog has brought some sunshine into her life. Incidentally, Sunshine was the name of my most favorite stuffed toy growing up. He’s a dog in overalls with a matching denim cap and he has bright orange eyes. I still have him!
As I understand it, in order to earn the Sunshine Award, I have to share ten interesting things about myself and then nominate some other deserving bloggers. I’m happy to share, but I’ll let you be the judge as to how interesting my little blurbs are. So here goes-
- When I was a kid, I couldn’t say aquamarine, so I called the color aquadarium.
- Also when I was a kid, I waited until everyone left the dinner table and then I stuck my peas down the heating vent. My mother didn’t find out until years later. I still hate yucky peas!
- I’m probably the oldest female fan of the Japanese anime series Naruto. Believe it!
- I worked as a stable hand and groom on a horse farm when I was in my mid-twenties.
- My grandmother, Harriet Whipple, was an awesome poet and was published many times in Ideals Magazine. They still occasionally print her poems.
- I was on a bowling team for ten years. Please don’t ask me if I was any good.
- I have a fraternal twin sister named Linda. She somehow managed to grow four inches taller than me.
- I run outside when I see sun and rain at the same time. There could be a rainbow!
- When I’m irritated, my word of choice is “meep”. My husband got me a t-shirt with “meep” on the front.
- Again when I was a kid, I used to snoop for Christmas presents in my parent’s bedroom closet. I was a good kid though, really.
Whoa, that was a lot of information! Okay, now it’s my turn to nominate some bloggers. To those of you I’ve nominated, if this isn’t your thing (or if you’ve already been nominated), no worries, I still want to recognize your excellent blogs here on the Frog:
Robin Newman at Robin Newman Books
Vicky Lorencen at Frog on a Dime
Sarah Harroff at An Awfully Big Adventure
Christie Wright Wild at Write Wild
Fiona Campbell at Book Bake Blog
Last week I achieved Part 1 of the "homework" that comes with receiving a Sunshine Award--I shared 11 random facts and answered Ruth's 11 interesting questions. This week I must list 11 bloggers who also deserve a Sunshine Award and pose 11 interesting questions for them!
My list will certainly include folks who have already been awarded, but I hope it will also include those whom I (and you) want to know more about. These are people whose blogs, whose work, and whose simple existence bring sunshine to my juicy little universe. Here they are, in alphabetical order:
Robyn Hood Black at
Life on the Deckle EdgeEd DeCaria at
Think, Kid, Think! Carrie Finison at
The Story Patch Matt Forrest Esenwine at
Radio, Rhythm & RhymeMary Lee Hahn at
A Year of Reading Michelle Heidenrich Barnes at
Today's Little DittyPenny Klostermann at
a penny and her jots Greg Pincus at
Gotta BookBuffy Silverman at
Buffy's Blog Margaret Simon at
Reflections on the Teche Liz Steinglass at
herselfI also want to shine a little sunshine on a now defunct blog,
Book Aunt by the lovely Kate Coombs, which came to an end last April but whose spirit lives on in Kate's other kinds of work.
Here are my questions for these 11...serious writerly questions first, seriously personal questions at the end!
1) What's the first poem you remember knowing? (You get to define "knowing".)
2) What's the first poem you remember writing? (You get to define "writing".)
3) Can you summarize your typical composition process in three easy steps? Okay, then, do it!
4) What classic or famous poem have you used as a model, on purpose? Share if you care to.
5) With whom would you like to write a collection of poems? (Living candidates only, please.)
6) What's the weirdest place or moment you've ever found yourself composing?
7) What's the weirdest place or moment you've ever been in, period?
8) Say you have an unexpected couple of hours to yourself at home. What do you do? Include details of food, drink, tools, rules, etc.
9) Say you suddenly find yourself in my kindergarten classroom with an opportunity to relive the 5-year-old you. What do you enjoy most?
10) Say Dr. Who shows up in his Tardis and invites you on a
three-hour tour. Where do you go? Whom do you visit? Do you bring anything back?
And, closing with an easy one,
11) When's your birthday?
Now I'm off to let those 11 know that I'm thinking of them...you'll find many posting for Poetry Friday at
Poet! Poet! with Anastasia.
I was so happy to receive this wonderful award from my Twitter buddy Elizabeth Caldwell. She's one of the reasons I love Twitter so much. I've met many great people through Twitter and blogging. It makes working from home so much more fun and rewarding. There's always someone to talk to and bounce ideas off of.
Here's a partial list of my favorite bloggers. I follow so many it's really tough to narrow it down. I opted not to nominate the same people as Elizabeth did. I don't want to overwhelm anyone.
Now it's your turn to brighten someone's day by nominating your favs for a Sunshine Award:
1) Put the logo on your blog or within your post
2) Pass the award to 12-well-deserving bloggers
3) Link the nominees within your post
4) Share the news by leaving a comment on their blog
5) Link to the person from whom you received the award
Go and make someone's day. Keep the smiles traveling!
Lauri, It’s so nice to learn more about you and thanks very much for nominating me. So sweet of you! What an honor! I too am a twin. We’re identical, and I’m pretty sure that I’m taller. :)
Awwww I remember Sunshine!! Love the 10 things you shared about yourself.
Hi, Robin, I’m happy to spread the word about your great blog. So cool that we are both twins! It must have been fun growing up as an identical twin. Even as a fraternal twin it’s neat to tell people I’m a twin.
Thanks, Sis! I really should bring him up from the basement. Poor guy.
It is fun! We had our 25th college reunion this past weekend, and I was in the dining hall when someone stopped me and asked me if I had enjoyed the pool yesterday. Well, I had to explain that wasn’t me. :)
LOL! That’s great! Bet you’ve done a lot of that over the years.
Yes, but not intentionally! Our Spanish teacher in college ALWAYS got us confused. I remember I’d walk down the hallway and she’d pat me on the head saying, “Hola Hilary!” :)