{"id":1077,"date":"2005-08-31T11:47:03","date_gmt":"2005-08-31T19:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2005\/08\/31\/international-blog-day\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:25:19","slug":"international-blog-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2005\/08\/31\/international-blog-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Blog Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to expand my playground and encounter the joy of discovery, I&#8217;m participating in International Blog Day. Writer <a href=\"http:\/\/niro.typepad.com\/\">Nir Ofir<\/a> noticed that the date looked an awful lot like the word blog, at least the way he and millions of other non-Americans write it: 3108 &#8212;> Blog. Okay, maybe a bit of a stretch, but an original idea. So today, 8\/31, is a day to share new blog gems.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onewordisenough.blogspot.com\/\">One Word<\/a>: a Perioperative nurse in Boston, MA, &#8220;wanted to write 52 essays, one a week for a year.&#8221; The essays reminisce about her childhood and contemplate topics such as chaos, suffering, words, joy, color, her search for meaning, and her experience of her body. She also includes photos. I sense we are similar in age, and I enjoy her voice.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twentyfirstcenturyart.com\/dakota\/mt\/\">Dakota<\/a>: this blog has one aim &#8212; to present photos, links, and poetry. It does not distract itself with links to other blogs. It simply is. What I find most fascinating are the poems in which some words are links. It provides another dimension to the poem.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/agodon.blogspot.com\/\">Book of Kells<\/a>: Kelli Russell Agodon is a Washington state poet. Her blog features snippets about her life as a poet, links to poetry-related and literary news, and an extensive list of poetry bloggers. She also practices gratitude and occasionally posts a &#8220;gratitude list,&#8221; something I do in my private journal.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/splintering.blogspot.com\/\">Surrender, Dorothy<\/a>: the only description in her &#8220;About Me&#8221; section is a quote: &#8220;A poet should be as sensitive as an aching tooth.&#8221; &#8211;Anna Swir She posts her poems and writes about the writing life, as well as the human life as experienced by a writer. She also once feared spiders and now takes extra care to be kind to them, a transformation I understand.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/landmammal.blogspot.com\/\">Land Mammal<\/a>: The subtitle is &#8220;Feeding the Beast.&#8221; Written by Anne Haines, I was drawn to the blog because she describes herself in a way I connect with: &#8220;Mid-forties&#8230; poet-librarygirl-nerd.&#8221; And she has two cats! The blog features her poetry.<\/ul>\n<p>My interests lean toward a certain writing genre these days. Even if you don&#8217;t read poetry, take a peek at these blogs. Not all the posts are poems or about poetry. These are women with strong voices and rich inner lives. <\/p>\n<p>Tag: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/BlogDay2005#taglink\" rel=\"tag\">BlogDay2005<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogday.org\/\">Blogday.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to expand my playground and encounter the joy of discovery, I&#8217;m participating in International Blog Day. Writer Nir Ofir noticed that the date looked an awful lot like the word blog, at least the way he and millions of other non-Americans write it: 3108 &#8212;> Blog. 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