Sunday, November 16, 2014

Soulful Sunday: Favourite 2nd NaBloPoMo Weekly Posts - Mine and Yours


Photo by Roberto Kaplan

It seems that my post entitled the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month
was favoured this past week with some interesting dialogue initially fuelled by my question:
http://xpressyouressence.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-11th-hour-of-11th-day-of-11th-month.html

Another post that brought up some interesting dialogue - forced kindness vs. spontaneous acts of kindness - that followed a few comments behind was my post on Thursday. Envy AND Kindness: What a Combo! was my attempt at writing on two prompts, one on something I admired about other bloggers, and also on the theme of World Kindness Day (http://xpressyouressence.blogspot.ca/2014/11/envy-and-kindness-what-combo.html).

Thank you again to all of you who read my posts and especially those who commented on my posts this past week.

...now, it's my turn to salute some blog posts that I've particularly enjoyed this past week.

I enjoyed reading Mary Burris' post, Sir Duke on Stevie Wonder with some surprising facts about him that I didn't know about. Check out http://jinglejanglejungle.blogspot.ca/2014/11/nov-13-2014-sir-duke.html.

Similarly, Francene Stanley's post, The Cost of a King's Desire, http://511580395457358476.weebly.com/blog/the-cost-of-a-kings-desire had some rather startling news about King Henry VIII in how he changed the course of Christianity.

SanchLivingLife's tribute to her parents on 30 Letter Series: Dear Parents was endearing - http://www.livingmyimperfectlife.com/dear-parents/.

Speaking of parents, Meena Menon's post on A Father's Gift is a lovely tribute to her father and I think men who are like him as well. Read http://meenasspace.blogspot.in/2014/11/a-fathers-gift.html) to find out why.

Sanch again with A Fairy Tale about her real life story fictionalized that may give some women hope: http://www.livingmyimperfectlife.com/a-fairy-tale/.

Shailaja Vishwanath's post, Anything you want- #FridayFictioneers was an unusual twist on a gift of a dream destination (http://shailajav.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/anything-you-want-fridayfictioneers/).

On a more fun note, Whatta Blunderful Day by Rajlakshmi H Boruah on exercising was amusing and made me laugh. http://destinychildosheen.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/whatta-blunderful-day.html

Cat Graham's post on Mannequins was also a fun and unsuspecting read: http://cattitudeandgratitude.blogspot.ca/2014/11/mannequins.html

Did you get a chance to read any of these posts? And did you find them as enjoyable as I did? Have a great blogging and/or reading week!

16 comments:

  1. Informative post. Nice idea ro review the posts that you read and posted this week. I will also try to do it from this week.

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    1. Thanks Usha. The idea to review posts was from Kathy Hadley, though the ones I favour was mine! ;) <3

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  2. That is a cool idea. Summing up of the best read posts.
    I haven't visited most of them. I will soon.
    Thanks

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    1. Thanks Inderpreet. See my comments to Usha above. ;) <3

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  3. I loved this list and having read most of them I agree with your picks.. and thatnk you again for the mention :D so happy that you liked my post :D

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    1. I'm glad you liked them Raj. And yes, I love your posts: you are a 'fun' writer! ;) <3

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  4. I really admire this weekly tribute of yours, Elly! And so honoured to be featured here. Thank you so much for making the time to make us all feel special this way. You are one of a kind :)

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    1. Thanks Shailaja. See my reply to Usha above. ;) Well, I love your writing style Shailaja: you seem to be a natural! :) <3

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  5. This is such a great thing to sum up the best posts you have read the past week...I like this thing that you do..shows you are not only a great blogger but a person who actually takes care to read and retain what people have to say ... Awesome Elly :)


    Random Thoughts Naba - #MicroblogMondays 12: Reassuring Mondays...

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    1. Thanks Nabanita. See my comment to Usha above. I appreciate your comments. :) <3

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  6. Cool idea and a great way to shine on your favorite posts from the week.

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    1. Thanks Kathy. See my response to Usha above. I like this idea too! ;) <3

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  7. Thank you for the mention. Was nice reading about the other bloggers as well. What a nice surprise!

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    1. You're wlecome Mary. And yes the other bloggers are great too! :) <3

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  8. Very kind of you to feature all these posts, Elly. And I thank you for including me amongst all these talented bloggers. A true honour.

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    1. Yes, I like the idea. ;) And you're welcome to be included as part of the talented bloggers. :) <3

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