Beautiful Blogger Award

 Literature and Culture has nominated us for the Beautiful Blogger Award. What does this mean to us? We did some free association and jotted down the words that came to mind. We are: happy, elated, honored, humbled, gratified and grateful. The WordPress community is extraordinarily warm, diverse, open, helpful and giving. Enough with the superlatives, and on to the rules!

Beautiful Blogger Award

Beautiful Blogger Award

They are:

  • Thank the person who nominated you. Thanks again, Literature and Culture.
  • Post the award image to your page.
  • Tell seven facts about yourself.  I’m doing the honors on this one.
  1. October is my favourite month. I love the warm days and cool nights, falling leaves, hot apple cider, the smell of cinnamon…
  2. Breakfast is my favourite meal.
  3. I have green eyes.
  4. I hate everything about coffee.
  5. I am not a morning person. I am cranky and obtuse before 11:00 AM.  This has nothing to do with my refusal to drink coffee. Honest.
  6. I have the chronic inability to read one book at a time. I’m a juggler: I prefer to have 6 or 7 going continuously. When I finish a book, I add another to the rotation.
  7. I am obsessed with list-making. I create multiple lists a day, for a variety of things. I made a list about this list.
  • Nominate 15 other bloggers, and let them know about the nomination. I’m going to slack a bit on this part. Not because I am lazy, but because there are so many lovely blogs I enjoy reading on a daily basis that I cannot choose just 15. Not today, anyway. Chalk it up to a lack of coffee!

 

Sunshine Award

I’ve been nominated for the Sunshine Award by Maryam at Mary Clever. Thank you for throwing the light of appreciation my way. It’s very sweet of you.

Sunshine Award

Sunshine Award

Rules:

1. Copy and paste the award logo to your post.

2. Answer the eight questions.

3. Nominate ten other people.

Questions:

1. What is your favourite Christmas/festive movie?

The original Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Also, Love Actually (2003) for all of Bill Nighy’s lines.

2. What is your favourite flower?

I don’t particularly like flowers, but dahlias are okay.

3. What is your favourite non-alcoholic beverage?

Properly brewed, strong hot tea.

4. What is your passion?

Writing, words, the English language, reading. Also, silent movies.

5. What is your favourite time of year?

Autumn, specifically October. Also, my birthday month of July because I am really self-absorbed that way.

6. What is your favourite part of the day?

Not morning!

7. What is your favourite physical activity?

Hiking, yoga, marathon drinking.

8. What is your favourite vacation?

All of them, including those taken through great books.

Who I Nominate:

I’m feeling generous, am way behind in my work, and haven’t even had a cuppa yet, so everyone! If you want to participate, please do. I’d love to hear more about you. You’re all lovely  in your own way, and I like your blogs for different reasons. So there. Thanks again to Maryam at Mary Clever. You have made my day much brighter.

The Very Inspiring Blogger Award

Oh My Muse! just gave A Small Press Life the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. We can think of few better ways to start a fresh week than to know that someone, somewhere finds us inspiring! We’re all about translating our passion for words, writing, stories (and their creators, shapers and keepers) into experiences that are both intimate and universal. We’re constantly moved by the creativity and genuine sense of community present on WordPress, meaning that we are only too happy to pass the award on to just a few of the many deserving blogs that we love to read! Continue reading

Versatile Blogger Award

‘A Small Press Life’ has been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award by Elisa of ‘Fun and Fabulousness’. We are pleased (and humbled) to know that you appreciate what we do on our bit of WordPress.com turf. Thanks to all of the readers who keep returning to see what we are up to. You are the best!

Here are the rules that go along with the Versatile Blogger Award:

Make a post with a list of 15 nominated blogs
Inform the nominees that they are nominated
Share seven items about yourself that readers don’t already know
Thank the blogger who gave you this award

Seven things you probably don’t care to know about me (so I’ll try to be brief):

  • I performed in NYC (Off-Broadway) as a teenager.
  • I learned to read at 3.
  • I am terrified of butterflies. Terrified.
  • My husband is a whopping 13 inches taller than me.
  • I’m an excellent from-scratch baker.
  • I’m a punk rock fanatic.
  • My “baby” brother is 16 years younger than me.

My nominees are:

Thanks again, Elisa. If you haven’t seen her lovely blog yet, you should head over there now!

The Versatile Blogger Award

The Versatile Blogger Award