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Lulda Casadaga is a blogger by day and a musician by night. Her newly-released CD They Bear No Fruit is a collection of her hits performed live with her backup band Bitter Jester. Give it a listen while you visit her at her photography and fiction blog, Lulda's Lament.
"Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit." ~ Francis Marion ~~~~~
Kcinnova (pronounced Casanova) is a mom who really knows how to rock. Her popular CD Dignity of Innocence quickly rose to the top ten of the music charts. She's backed by her all-girl group, Bad Schlema. When not performing, she can be found posting wonderful photos on her blog Kcinnova’s World.
"The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence." ~ Ann Radcliffe~~~~~
Dave brings a little piece of New Zealand to us through his blog, Cimba7200's Thoughts... Join him there to see photos of the local flora, fauna and fun. Congratulate him on his newly published Foundation of Failure as penned by Sylvester Forbes. It's bound to be a bestseller.
"I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure." ~ Og Mandino~~~~~
Sandy Carlson has been posting beautiful photographs and fine poetry on her blog Writing in Faith since 2006. She participates in many of the popular memes and often has a different slant on what would first appear to be the obvious. Sandy also writes under the pseudonym Shonda Stine. You'll want to stop by her site after you've read through her latest novel There Before Me.
"Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me." ~ Sigmund Freud
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Indrani penned her book Something Very Special under the name Claudia Osip. It's sure to be as popular as her wonderful blog I Share where she does indeed share beautiful photographs and fascinating background details about her incredible journeys. You won't regret paying her a visit.
"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special." ~Nelson Mandela ~~~~~
Bag Lady lives on a ranch in northern Alberta with her husband and numerous cows - many of which were named after bloggers upon their birth last spring. She has an incredibly busy life on the ranch and yet she takes time for blogging daily at Bag Lady's Blather. She has recently completed a book of poetry called A Why And A Wherefore which she penned under the pseudonym Adina Mannix. Like Baggie and her bovine friends, it's an udder delight.
"The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore." ~ W. Somerset Maugham ~~~~~
Pat is a terrific lady who lives, writes, takes photographs and stamps in Arkansas. She recently celebrated one year of blogging over at Remembrances of An Arkansas Stamper. Head on over there to congratulate her success at blogging, and for becoming the author of Fruit For Their Songs, which she penned under the name of Aubrie Sampo.
"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs." ~ Joseph Addison ~~~~~
Lover of Life is an empty nester who can be found over at her blog Life In The Second Half. where she entertains us with fine writing and photography. Somewhere in her busy days, she's found the time to write The Mastery Of His Passions - the biography of my guitarist son, Alex.
"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson~~~~~
Steviewren's blog A Little Birdie Told Me So contains so many aspects of her creativity. She's an artist, and you will see signs of her sketches and doodles all over her blog. Her photography and writing makes hers an interesting stop in the blogosphere. Under her pseudonym Polina Gilbert, she has just released her latest book Everything I Said. Dog lovers everywhere will enjoy it.
"I didn't really say everything I said." ~ Yogi Berra ~~~~~
Jo blogs out of Vancouver about friends, family, art, news and the many interesting facts that run through her clever mind. She's also a fine water colour artist, and is the musical genius behind the band Rumba and their new CD Doorway for the Human Spirit. You might want to pop it in and give it a listen before you visit Jo over at A Majority of Two.
"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit." ~ Helen Keller ~~~~~
Shammickite is a fellow southern Ontarian who has a busy life which is reflected on her blog Rook's Nest. You'll enjoy her casual and friendly writing style and her wondeful photography.She has recently become a Grandma and is patiently awaiting grandchild #2. You wouldn't think that Shammie had the time to record the CD The Might of the Gods but she did! She's the lead singer of the popular band Roomate. Give it a listen and then let her know what you think of it when you visit her blog.
"Slow but sure moves the might of the gods." ~ Euripides ~~~~~
Pouty Lips has two blogs. The one I've known all along is a light-hearted site called Pouty Baby's Nonsense but I've just discovered her newer blog called Dream Weaving. A quick look through its posts tells me that I think I'm going to like this one. Why not give them both a look and tell Pouty what you think of her new microwave cook book A Moment of Time, as penned by Othello Dexter.
"All my possessions for a moment of time." ~ Elizabeth I
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Crabby McSlacker along with her co-blogger Merry, is the genius behind Cranky Fitness - the place for fitness information, flab-reduction and fun. Always a clever crab, she's written a new how-to book about acquiring fame and fortune. Though written under her nom de plume, Gabriella Macey, the style is unmistakably Crabby. Please visit her and tell her what you think of her book Waiting To Be Known
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." ~ Carl Saga
Tricia is the clever mind behind Shout where she blogs about family concerns and finding her way through parenting her pre-school-aged son. Both of her own parents have been known to leave some amusing advice comments on her blog. Won't they all be proud to learn that Tricia wrote a book called Comfortable With Yourself under the pseudonym Laureen Brett? Please pay her a visit soon.
"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself." ~ Mark Twain
Clowncar blogs over at The Oort Cloud where the focus is on astronomy. Occasionally his posts discuss his young daughters (about whom we're not supposed to remind him will be dating one day). Clowncar recently published his story With Strong & Active Faith under his pen name, Maximillian Wolfe.
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." ~ Carl Saga ~~~~~
Tricia is the clever mind behind Shout where she blogs about family concerns and finding her way through parenting her pre-school-aged son. Both of her own parents have been known to leave some amusing advice comments on her blog. Won't they all be proud to learn that Tricia wrote a book called Comfortable With Yourself under the pseudonym Laureen Brett? Please pay her a visit soon.
"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself." ~ Mark Twain~~~~~
Clowncar blogs over at The Oort Cloud where the focus is on astronomy. Occasionally his posts discuss his young daughters (about whom we're not supposed to remind him will be dating one day). Clowncar recently published his story With Strong & Active Faith under his pen name, Maximillian Wolfe.
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~~~~~
