Thinking Blogger

I'm really flattered.  Two people have named me a Thinking Blogger this week!

Thank you, Jill and Christine!

Now, one of the things you have to do if nominated is list five bloggers who you consider "thinking bloggers," or, put another way, thoughtful bloggers who make you think.

Here are some that came to mind, in no particular order:

Beth of Cassandra Pages

Chris Clarke of Creek Running North

jo(e) of writing as jo(e)

Melissa McEwan of Shakesville (There are a lot of other great bloggers sharing this group blog with Melissa, btw.)

Lance Mannion of Lance Mannion

Twisty Faster of I Blame the Patriarchy

(Whoops.  That's six.  Oh well!)

Updated to add:  Christine made the very good point that, being nominated twice, I ought to be able to nominate 10 people, so I'm in fact four short.  So...

digby of Hullabaloo

butuki of Laughing Knees (he doesn't write frequently, but always well)

Nancy of Nancy Nall. com

Orion (this isn't a blog, or a blogger - but the writing and production values of this publication are so uniformly excellent that I can't recommend it highly enough)

Number 11:  who would YOU nominate, if you had the chance?  Feel free to add your own nominations in the comments!

(Thinking Blogger participation rules below the fold.)

Should you choose to participate, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging. I thought it would be appropriate to include them with the meme.

The participation rules are simple:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog).

Comments

[Christine]

Well, technically, if you were nominated/awarded twice - you could nominate a total of 10 thinking bloggers. Using that logic, you are running a deficit and need to add 4 more deserving people to your list.

[Lance Mannion]

Thank you very much, Rana. I'm honored. And you've put me in such good company!

Congrats on your double nomination too!

[Rana]

Christine - that's an excellent idea!

Lance - You're welcome! You do deserve it, you know. And thanks for the congrats!

[jo(e)]

I too feel honored to be included on the list.

Thanks!

[sakthi]

Hi Rana,congrats for your double nomination...and among your nominate list eight are my all time favorite and the best is Jo(e)..I love his [her -Rana] pictures and writing...
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