Jan’s Big Love

My friend, Jan of salabasngmandaluyong tagged me for this, which is much more an award than a meme. I copied his post starting here:

We're not supposed to look at the gift horse's mouth. If, however, you want to pay this forward, follow the following::

1) Put the logo on your blog
2) Add the link of the blogger who shared the award with you
3) Pass this award to bloggers whose blogs you love
4) Add your link to the list of participants below
5) Leave a message on the blog of the blogger who passed this award

Bloggers Lair/The World of Nothing/ The Macky That Doesn't Exist/ The Spoiled But Not a Brat/ Holding On/ The Mark of an Explorer/ Feel Free/ Shout Out/ Proud to be Filipina's Corner/ My New Way of Living/ I Love-Hate America/salabasngmandaluyong/Diary of a Heretic (Awards & Memes)/

After this, I’m naming a few others. Many bloggers who favor me with links and love, don’t go in for awards much and rarely put up memes. (You know who you are but most likely are not reading my Review & Meme blog, which I admit is a poor relation to Diary of a Heretic.) Many more bloggers enjoy memes and awards and have treated me with great generosity and I’m either inept or impatient by not naming you here. If you’re reading this, consider it "my bad," take the award you deserve and play it forward.

A huge shout out here: Whoever last Stumbled my under-500 word story, "Guaranteed Happiness," brought me unprecedented numbers of hits. Pure massive large, mon! I would love to know who you are. Jan did the same for me, earlier. Sad to say, my reciprocation will never compare. For I have Stumbled posts with such little consequence as to go unnoticed.

Below are a mere fraction of deserving bloggers I owe thanks: 

Mimi

Utah Savage

Duane

Rootz Poet

Billy Warhol

The Truth to Some Extent

My Life Thinking

Expressive World

Celebrity Latest Gossip

Comments

[Mimi Lenox]

What a lovely award! Muuuahhh! Thank you. You deserve all this and more. I'm convinced you just haven't found the right magic button yet to get your writing "out there" and read by the millions who should be reading it. Marketing vs. the creative process.....not a match. At least for me, that is true. You work sooooo hard on your fiction and presenting it in such a delightful way on your blog.
I admire your tenacity more than I can say. It puts me to shame.

Thanks again for thinking of me - for being my friend!
We'll catch up soon.
Mimi

[Hisham]

Thanks you Kathleen for this great a ward :)

[jan]

I wish I can take the credit for this recent surge in your readership - I have yet to read the story. :) That is just what's great about Stumbleupon: once you get thumbed up there and a number of fellow stumblers followed suit, you'd get a fair amount of visitors over time. Unlike Digg wherein you'd get a sudden surge for a couple of days and then nothing. I just hope a lot of them subscribe to your feed. I trust they know what's good for them so they'd stick around. :)

[Ana]

First of all, I am happy that you received this award yourself as you write beautifully from inside and you have a talent for expressing your stories so delightfully, as they come to life each time I read. Secondly, you are a wonderful person and that is demonstrated in the kindness that you show to each and every one of us.

Thank you.

I appreciate this warmfelt award from you. :)

(I shall gladly forward this beautiful gesture on, in spirit of you)

[Ana]

Hello again Kathleen,
Just so am not loosing my eyes.
I left a message earlier on, and now it seems to have gone missing.
Have you seen it?

[Kathleen]

Ana, see above. You sent an excellent reply. Thanks to everyone for accepting the award and commenting.