Gracefully Awarded

I got a MeMe award from Graceful Yoga and Simplicity! It encourages me to talk about myself and sounds fun, so here goes...

The rules to this award are as follows (...if you're into "rules"):
1) share 7 tidbits about yourself
2) share this MeMe Blog Award with 7 blogger friends

Tidbit 1. This is my bike:

This is my boyfriend (just kidding... You can see that he's a plastic dude, right?):

Tidbit 2. One of my students (a reader of this blog) gave me this Mary Poppins box set. She was revisiting these books that she had read in childhood, and found that I reminded her of the Mary Poppins in the books (not the movie).

Tidbit 3. I learned about taking on identity from Holy Fools, a Christian clown troupe, in Catholic grade school even though I'm not Catholic. The training was really cool. It included dance and yoga, too. After that we dressed up as clowns (actually we became clowns) and visited a nursing home and hospital to bring in some lightness. Random pic of me:

Tidbit 4. I love taking pictures. This is one I took the other night. I don't know what that frog was doing there during my nighttime walk. It was really dark and I used the "Night Snapshot" setting on my digital camera. The flash caught the enigmatic froggy, but the electrical post, illuminated by the alley light, shows up as a cross in the upper left corner. Amazing.

Tidbit 5. My blog has been a much-valued part of my life over the last year. I think of it as a great relationship. It has brought parts of myself out that I might not have seen otherwise. I have grown tons. I drank many lattes while working on posts.

Tidbit 6. I think Detox 4 Women is a really good book, but hesitate to write too much about it because I think I might be nuts about eating! Not sure if I have clarity here... But I've done other cleanses and fasts, and this book offers a solution that integrates into real life a bit better.

Tidbit 7. I share about my inner workings in this blog because I think that we have a lot in common.

A selection of a generous seven(ish) delicious blogs for the MeMe Award:

Yoga for Cynics--This blog is one of my favorites. I might like it so much because it honors my inner cynic. I also appreciate Dr. Jay's perspective on yoga and life.

Svasti: A Journey from Assault to Wholeness--Even though she doesn't share her picture or transactional-life name, I feel like I know her a bit and like her. She shares her life, healing, and yoga/spiritual journey.

My Itchy Third Eye--I like YogaDawg's blog. And I wonder why the "she" in the "He Said, She Said" series is always so down on yoga.

Linda's Yoga Journey--She's really doing her yoga, and shares inspiration and road bumps along the way.

YogaDork--I really want to know: Who is YogaDork? This is an indispensable blog for yoga news and stuff.

Graceful Yoga and Simplicity--Thoughtful blog. I like the posts about the things from her garden.

EcoYogini--Her blog is great for many reasons, but I particularly like her posts about "The Pill" and DivaCup. Thanks EcoYogini! These topics are important.

PurePotentiality Coaching--a heartfelt blog.

Now, This is Yoga--Michelle is livin' her yoga!