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My Favorite Blogs

I want to begin a small profile of blogs that I love and admire, because in the world of blogging, it's always nice do a share to share.   It's imperative for me to keep up with my favorite bloggers to see what they are doing so that I too can be inspired by them.  The idea of observing how another person writes, photographs and composes what they demonstrate or review on their blogs is fascinating to me.  I love good content.  I love a well-composed photograph.  I admire well-written posts and, most of all, I love to be inspired. 

When I have some down time after I've taken care
of things around the house, I get on the computer
here in the "office" and check to see what
my favorite bloggers are doing.  Yes, it's nice to
hear people tell me that they get inspired by this or that
through my blog, but to be perfectly frank, I also 
enjoy getting inspired by creative individuals.

Once a month, I plan to profile one blog and tell you a little bit about who the blogger is and what they blog about.  I may even do a little Q&A to see what they have to say.  It will be nice to do this, because in years past I have been fortunate enough to have been featured on certain blogs.  It's time to pay that forward.  I'm actually excited about this and hope that you are too, because there is always so much to learn from my blogging colleagues.  I'm sure they agree when I say that a little bit of sharing and kindness goes a very long way.

A snapshot of how I compose a blog post shows you a pinboard
of my photography or of some scans from other sources that I plan to use
on any given day I write a post.  
I was looking over my photo library the other day, and I have 
personally taken close to 40,000 photos 
in the last 4 years that I've been blogging!  

I'm not going to be following any type of alphabetical order 
for these Favorite Blog introductions, so I will choose based 
on what I see at the moment.  I promise to keep the posts light, 
short and thoroughly interesting.


All of us need a little bit of inspiration in our lives to help us along the way. Now it is time to show you the individuals who inspire me and why they inspire me.  I hope you stay tuned!  

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  1. Co.Co.March 8, 2015 at 3:55 PM

    I can't wait!

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  2. PhilipMarch 8, 2015 at 5:14 PM

    David I can't wait for this because I like to follow what you write about. It will be interesting to see who inspires you. Cool!

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  3. Good Things by DavidMarch 8, 2015 at 7:40 PM

    Thanks Co.Co. and Philip. This should be a lot of fun!

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  4. KennMarch 9, 2015 at 5:44 AM

    I have to agree with Phillip... you provide so much inspiration to all your readers, it will be interesting to see what inspires YOU. I look forward to your posts!

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  5. Good Things by DavidMarch 9, 2015 at 8:35 AM

    Thanks for the support Kenn! This will be fun to do. :)

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