The concept intrigued me profoundly, and on
several levels: a collaborative blog that the host, Varun Kothamachu, intended
to be an exploration of style and opinion from around the world; each new
blogger recommended by the previous blogger; each week a new experience, a new
perspective, a celebration of the things that make us unique and the things
that unite us as humans.
I’ve kept tabs on the Vie Hebdomadaires site from
the start, sometimes with a more participatory intent, other time – like the
last several months with everything online – just lurking, reaching out
regularly to touch it and assure myself that it was still there, still moving,
growing, thriving.
Like most things, the thing that I love most about
Vie Hebdomadaires is simply that it exists, that it aspires, that there is a
journey happening there worth being a part of. It is an idea and an ideal, and
it evolves. We should all be so lucky.
And then, in spite of my general quietude and lack
of (overt) involvement, Varun emailed me this week and honored me again,
offering me a heretofore unknown (to me) version of the pay-it-forward blog
award, a Liebster.
Web consensus is
that the Liebster Blog Award originated in Germany
...he likes me,
he really likes me.
So, I’m
flattered. Time to pass it forward. The rules for the Liebster are as follows:
1. Thank the one
who nominated you. Varun and Vie Hebdomadaires, here’s to you;
b. Nominate five
blogs with fewer than 200 followers;
trois. Let the
nominees know by e-mail or comment on their site;
四. Copy and paste the Liebster Award Icon
to your site.
I hereby
nominate the following for a Liebster Blog Award...
Melissa
Wolfe’s No Such Thing as Never. I first found Melissa’s former blog, Finding Melissa,
and was immediately attracted by her honesty and courage and the seeming
inevitable arc of her growth and journey. I’ve never been disappointed.
I don’t know if it qualifies on the “under 200”
measuring stick (I doubt it, frankly)), but it deserves mention. A Human Thing is the extension of Judy Clement
Wall’s year-long Love Project from Zebra Sounds, another blog that Varun
nominated. Now Judy’s covered both ways.
I can’t even remember how Holly and I met online.
She is bright, opinionated, takes great pictures, and has experienced a
profound amount of life at a young age, a quality that she and Melissa share in
common. Her blog, Eating a Tangerine, is
a combination of feminism, political opinion, astute observation, and
courageous self-discovery.
Lance Burson was the one that daisy-chained me
into the Vie Hebdomadaires list of writers, recommending me after he was writer
number six. Lance writes about life, love, parenthood, music, and integrity.
Even when he doesn't write about integrity directly at My Blog Can
Beat Up Your Blog, it infuses everything he says. More than any
other one factor, that’s why I like reading Lance’s non-fiction stuff – he’s
sincere and honest. He also posts a lot of his fiction, which is just fun.
Aside – honesty may be a theme here…
Yes, that’s only four people, but I mentioned two
of Melissa's blogs. Also, I am both an iconoclast that loves breaking arbitrary
rules, and prefer to focus on the now. Right now, this is what I’m reading
consistently that may realistically qualify under the 200 parameter. I might
still be (am probably) wrong on A Human Thing, but I’ll be happy to err on the
side of caution there.
Anyway, there you go. Thanks Varun, it’s much
appreciated. Back to revising…
