Sunday 20.01.2013

No walking...tax returns.... :-(

Instead a little blog housekeeping. Some time ago I was invited by FrankieSoup to nominate 11 small blogs for the Liebster Award*. (Oh heaven help me it was September).

Always knew it would be hard but I have found two blogs that I`ve been enjoying though tbh not sure how many followers they have so I hope I`m not insulting anyone by nominating them.

First off I declare an interest in www.guitarglasgow.com as there`s a rumour going round I`m related to the author. That notwithstanding it is a well-written blog,witty,informative and occasionally, musically, quite technical.

The other I have stumbled upon through the magic of Twitter and know nothing about its author except we share an enthusiasm for young people`s books: http://bookauhu.blogspot.co.uk/

So that`s two....only another nine to go......

Oh..and here`s more real snow footage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01q9d86/Winterwatch_1963_The_Big_Freeze/


*Liebster Award:
The idea is that the award is given by bloggers to bloggers, and that all blogs nominated must have fewer than 200 followers. It's a way of increasing traffic to smaller sites.

When you get the award, the person giving it asks you 11 random questions, then you have to nominate 11 other blogs and come up with your own set of questions.
Here`s my questions re-posted for the two I`ve nominated so far:

1.Why blog?

2.What are you currently reading?

3.Would it bother you if you never travelled by air again?

4.What do you understand by the word politics?

5.If you could become really expert at a craft (or, if you are, expert at a new one) what would it be?

6. Similarly, if you had the chance to become fluent in another language which would you choose?

7.Someone says they used to read but they no longer have time: how do you respond?

8.What was the last film you saw and what did you think?

9. If you suddenly lost everything you own (stuff, not people or animals but including photos,mementoes and souvenirs)how big a trauma would it be?

10. Have you ever said yes when you should have said no and/or no when you should have said yes and were the consequences dire or did it all turn out alright in the end? (No need for embarrassing details!)

11. Faced with a task you`re not looking forward to (maybe even having to compile 11 questions!)are you a "let`s get it over and done with asap" sort of a person or could you procrastinate for Britain?