It has been a terrific blogging journey and traffic increased, but this is a two-way stream. I follow a number of blogs and each contributed to my growth during the past 2-3 months. Marie Wetmore at http://mariewetmore.com/ nominated my site for a versatile blogger award.
I am posting a list of favourite blogs. Who are the authors and creators of my favourite blogs? What makes them versatile? Please take a moment to visit some of these sites. Thank you.
Thanks Marie Wetmore! It is an honour. I am grateful and humbled!
7 interesting things about me:
- I love Kathy. We have spent almost 40 years together and we still learn something about each other.
- My second love is connected to my first love. We have three terrific sons who are successful and give in many ways. I am proud of Marc, Yves, and Luc.
- I love sports in general, but hockey (ice hockey) is my passion. This love affair began on a small pond in a backyard over 50 years ago and morphed into a long career playing and coaching.
- I love teaching. I look forward to my students, their contributions to each other, and the joy young people do bring into our lives. I spent 15 years in private industry, but I always wanted to be a teacher. It is another reason I love my family. They supported me in this adventure.
- I love learning. It goes hand in hand with teaching.
- I love to travel. Growing up in a pretty isolated area of Northern Alberta made it challenging. I bring my travels home with me and thoroughly enjoy the blogs where people share about their lives and corners of the universe.
- I love writing. That is a reason I keep going back to school. It provided an outlet and so has my blog. I even tapped back into old roots and wrote poetry to post.
- I am going to cheat. I love music. My tastes are pretty eclectic from Blues to Gospel to non-traditional country to folk to world music and beyond. Kathy and I do a lot of concerts big and small. We attend a small folk club with an amazing line up every year.
My Nominees
I acknowledge people who were role models and encouraged me in blogging as Teacher as Transformer. I am grateful for daily contributions and offerings. I shifted from an ego-driven Teacher as Transformer and began internal work. I thank each of you.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BLOGS? COMMENT BELOW!
Teacher as Transformer 
Hockey for life!
Yes, but the struggle I have is my team, The Canadiens, are not doing well lately.
Hockey is one of the few things my hubby misses from our life in Canada. My first introduction to hockey was in ’95 at Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens; awesome hockey and the Leafs won! 🙂 (we don’t miss shoveling snow!)
Elke, I live here and don’t miss shoveling the snow. Our youngest son is great and visits after snowfalls to help mom and dad out. I grew up listening to Danny Gallivan and Foster Hewitt on the radio. It was Montreal or Toronto. I chose Montreal in part as a Francophone, but also I listened to French broadcasts on Sunday night. Does your husband know there is hockey in Australia? A friend of mine has worked with players down under.