Aw shucks, once again

From cs at Another Tangential Thinker I was just very kindly granted another award. Such an honor to think that she believes I have some smattering of blogging excellence, since she surely does.

The description of the award is "I love being a part of the blogging community and part of all the friendships that I've formed so I wanted to give a blog award for all of you out there that have Excellent Blogs. By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, you have to award it to 10 more people whose blogs you find Excellent Award worthy. You can give it to as many people as you want but please award at least 10.

So, because time presses I will arbitrarily pick my 10 Excellent blogs, although, if truth were known, I think everybody on my blogroll produces an excellent blog with amazing regularity. Of course, there are others not on my roll, and whom I visit with once in a while, who also do, so it’s all a bit of a conundrum. I love getting awards, but I hate narrowing down my nominees. If I don’t choose you, I’ll get you next time. OK?

My 10:

Dr. Deb: Deborah Serani offers not just clinical advice and suggestions, but she tempers it with a human and sensitive touch. If I needed to consult with a shrink and happened to be in NYC, I would head straight to her office.

Jazz: My favorite Montreal girl who is not only intelligent and highly witty, but also mounts periodic rants (against all the things I hate, too) that put my own to shame. If she wasn’t Big Brother’s sister, I’d swear she was my own.

Big Brother: Speaking of whom, blogging acumen obviously runs In the family, and this sibling offers perceptive insights into life that are eclectic, human and informative.

Voyager: My favorite redheaded girl is a busy one, and she doesn’t post a new blog with huge regularity, but when she does, she makes it worth the wait. Again, good blogging is all about insight and sometimes a slightly skewed (but realistic) worldview.

Andrea: I have sent other awards her way and she has deserved every one of them. If you aren’t familiar with her blog, do yourself a favor and make yourself familiar. You won’t regret it. Her artistry is superlative.

Dumdad: I just became recently connected with this longtime scribe who, originally from the UK, ultimately settled in Paris. Wretched, huh? He also has written for two of my favorite overseas newspapers, the Daily Telegraph and the Herald-Tribune in Paris.

Leslie: Another newcomer to my blogroll. I am very happy to have found her. Not only an insightful writer, but a superlative artist. We also happen to share certain perceptions in life, so my bias gravitates her way more often than not.

Geewits: I have been reading Geewits' blog for a long time and have always liked her views on various and sundry elements of life from politics, to entertainment, to relationships for us serial monogamists. She’s very thoughtful and often extremely funny is this lady from 'Big D.'

Wenderina: Another recent blogger contact and I have grown to like her insights immensely. Again an eclectic but insightful blogger. Just the sort I like. Have a look, you will too.

Lady Macleod: I found this lovely, creative, intelligent and infinitely cosmopolitan writer through jmb’s blog and I have never regretted her making a connection. She has lived ‘everywhere’ and currently resides in Morocco. She is also another great redhead, and to me that says a lot.