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Back again for another installment of Stone Soup Mondays, an open thread that collects the best things you read on the Web and compiles them in one space to extend the lifespan of a great blog post by two weeks. If you missed this series in the past, please click here to read more about the impulse behind the idea.
Second Helpings
Before we get to a new pot of bloggy soup, let's revisit last week's posts for some second helpings.
- "Snapshot: A Project"
- "Soul-Shaking"
- "Beauty"
- "Stock Market Plummets..."
- "Hating Halloween"
- "Not Just for Losers"
- "A Fail of Epic Proportions"
- "Calling Off Your Wedding and Staying Together"
- "Crafty Moms Ruin Lunch"
- "Infertility: It's Complicated"
- "On Aging"
- "On the London Riots"
The Current Thread
Want to participate?
I'll start it out each week by placing in the stone, a great post I read while I surfed from blog to blog. You'll add all the vegetables -- great posts you read -- in the comment section and people will be able to jump from post to post, reading and commenting.
This thread will remain open until Thursday and then next Monday, we'll start it all over again.
In addition to including a permalink to the blog post, please write a few sentences about what drew you to the writing in the first place.
Answers to Questions that Might be Bubbling in Your Mind
- Can I nominate a post from my own blog? Of course -- why not? We all write great posts and we should stand by our writing, proud of what we're putting into the blogosphere.
- Can I nominate only one blog post? No, if you read more than one fantastic blog post this week, please put in a link to more than one blog post. Just make sure you write a few sentences about each post.
- What if the blog post I liked was written by a man? Include it! We don't discriminate over here at BlogHer and we're always happy to read great posts by a BlogHim.
- I'm really shy and don't want to boast about this great post I wrote, but I want it on the thread. Then email it to me and I'll add it in. Or ask a friend to post about it for you.
Just to recap: each week, make sure you bookmark this open thread and check back regularly to find great posts to read. The thread remains open from Monday until Thursday. I'll always start it off with a great post I read and then open up the comment section so that you can add a link and a few sentences about a great post (or two) you read. Please make sure the post fits within the thread's timeline (this week: August 15th to August 22nd).
The Stone (otherwise known as getting this pot of blog soup started):
Three Little Birds has a very moving post written after her mother's death this week. She is currently still mourning the loss of her husband (the subject of one of this year's Voices of the Year performances), and she describes herself as numb, unable to take in the fact that her mother is gone. It is a beautiful, sad post.
To read more great posts written between August 15th to August 22nd, please peruse the comment section below. And while you're reading these great posts, make sure you leave a comment to let the writer know that you agreed with the original sentiment that they wrote something thought-provoking, moving, or informative.
Photo Credit: Camdiluv.
Melissa writes Stirrup Queens and Lost and Found. Her novel about blogging is Life from Scratch.
