Thinking Blogger Awards

The warm and talented Helen kindly gave me this very fine Thinking Blogger Award.

It’s a kind of a meme thing so now I have to return the compliment and choose five bloggers-who-make-me-think and present them with a Thinking Blogger Award.  Well I don’t have to but seeing as I love all things warm, fuzzy and group-huggish, and my blogging has dried up somewhat lately anyway, I will happily participate.

It isn’t actually easy for me because those who’ve known me for a while will know what a decidedly indecisive and dithersome trout I am.   It’s also difficult for me because all the bloggers that I interact with are very interesting and amusing – they wouldn’t be on my blogroll otherwise.   And, what’s more, I don’t like to hurt anyone’s feelings.  Oh but that bit is immediately cancelled out because I don’t believe I have the influence or the importance to hurt anyone’s feelings so my low self-opinion comes to the rescue there and I can forge ahead, guilt-free.  I think.  I hope.  Oh well.

As it’s specifically a Thinking Blogger Award, it makes sense to select the bloggers who tend to discuss the wider and larger issues, all of which I am interested in. 

So here we go:

Jose: he makes me think.  Jose attracts some busy, interesting and very lengthy debates on his blog.  He raises issues that really make me think.  And he’s a sweet and lovely man of whom I have the deepest respect and fondness for.  Political, Human, Environmental Respect

Loneranger: he makes me think.  An American living in Canada who plays the oboe and ponders about the Earth and humanity and about the corruptness of our politicians and world leaders and the power of the people.  A peace-loving guy who’s not afraid to speak from the heart.  He’s artistic and in tune with the Earth.  1Loneranger

MrZhisou: he makes me think.  Zeddie is a longstanding internet friend but that’s not why he deserves a Thinking Bloggers award.  His no-nonsense and ever-wise approach to worldy issues makes me think.  Even though he claims to be scatty and unorganised, he possesses a quiet gift of turning nonsense on its head, tidying it up neatly and then correcting it.  And in such a way that when he gives his views on stuff, he makes you feel that you’ve always thought that anyway, it just needed explaining to you.  (Oh and just so you all know – I was the first to call him Zeddie).  The Life of Zhisou

[Beginning to enjoy this now.  It’s making me feel mighty important]

Matt, Pete & Keith:  they make me think.  The guys at the Coffee House provide up-to-date, essential Green information and Matty, one of the CH proprietors, always keeps me on my Green toes here.  The Coffee House cares deeply about the Earth and is concerned about corporate imbalances of power, especially when they are detrimental to the environment.  Matty himself  is always ready with a witty comment and he’s a real sweetie.  The Coffee House

Little Indian: he makes me think.  Little Indian’s poetic ponderings are fascinating in their simplicity and he often questions humanity in all its madness.  me no big chief.

So, those are the bloggers who make me think.  Interestingly, Helen’s choices were all female and mine are all men.  Balances things out I suppose.  Helen herself also makes me think, especially through her poetry.  But, she has already recieved the Thinking Blog Award, otherwise she would be in my list.  She is a genuine and lovely lady with a calm and quiet compassion for humanity and justice.  I am very fond of Helen.

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And just because I am an inclusive kind of girl, here are my thoughts on…

Misslionheart  Her obsessive drive to keep up with the daily tasks set by her blogging community is a neverending source of amusement (and reminds me not to neglect my own housework duties).  And she always makes me laugh – hard.   And she always finds the most cleverest and best internet fun stuff for her blog.  

Bindi entertains me with her everyday life journals.  I would soooo love to have a night out with her.

Pocket writes wonderful book reports and she makes me want to read every book she reviews, even the books that she gives a bad review.