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Liebster Award Fun Stuff
The Liebster is an award that is given to bloggers by other bloggers. Liebster in German means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.
I’m going to break all the rules and simply answer the questions that my wonderful nominee Laura asked. But first go check out her blog and then you can come back and read my answers if you are so inclined.
Laura Asked:
1. What’s your favorite food? Pumpkin. NOT pumpkin spice (ewww). Pumpkin. The wonderous glorious squash. I dare you to name a food made with pumpkin that I HAVEN’T eaten. Go on. Try. I’ll give you a small list: Pumpkin Soup (both savory and sweet), Pie, Curry, Beer, Chili, Mousse, Cheesecake, Cookies (of all sorts), Brownies, Cake, Bread, Coffee, Soda, roasted, fresh, grilled…. I love pumpkin.
2. Where’s your favorite place on earth? The beach. Not too picky on which one.
3. Name 1 bucket list place you’d like to see. I’m not a fan of travelling, but I have always wanted to see Italy.
4. What’s your favorite line in any movie? You know, I don’t really watch movies so I would be hard-pressed to think of one.
5. Name a song lyric that you love.
Breathe, breathe in the air
Don’t be afraid to care
Leave but don’t leave me
Look around, choose your own ground
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry
And all your touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be
Run, rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun
And when at last the work is done
Don’t sit down, it’s time to dig another one
For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave
6. If you could live anywhere, where would it be? I already do: rural Alaska.
7. At what age did you begin to write? I can distinctly remember writing stories when I was seven. I pick up and put down the pen periodically over the years.
8. Have you experienced a life changing moment? Many. But I would say the most important moment in my life came when I held my son in my arms as he died. I will never be the same person I was before that moment.
9. What’s the first book you loved? I believe I was about eight when I read Grip, A Dog Story by Helen Griffiths. I cried so hard. It evoked such an emotional response that I fell in love with it. I can still remember it stuck with me for a long time afterward. I’m a reader, so there have been many books that I’ve fallen in love with over the years, but that’s the first that I can definitively remember LOVING.
10. If you were a character in The Wizard Of Oz, who would you be? I’ve never actually seen this movie except once when I was high and I turned off the sound and listened to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Soooo, yeah, I can’t actually answer this question.
11. What makes you laugh? I love laughing. I laugh every day about all sorts of things. Talking with a friend, watching the antics of the wild bunnies around my house, my stupid shit, one-liner jokes (like Man With No Arm jokes are the best I swear), some of the blogs I follow (oh lord). I just love laughing. I also nervous-laugh… so there’s that too.
This was fun. Thanks for nominating me!
20 Comments on “Liebster Award Fun Stuff”
Raw Earth Ink 
Congratulations for the award! It is always heartwarming to be recognized and greeted like that 🙂 Good for you… Your pumpkin obsession made me smile, and it made me think about a recipe I found a while back: Pumpkin hummus! (http://www.mybaconwrappedlife.com/white-bean-pumpkin-hummus/) I haven’t tried it, but since it wasn’t on your list, I thought I’d take a chance and share it 😉
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Oohhh challenge accepted! I have had pumpkin hummus but not that recipe. Thanks! I also may or may not have a pumpkin cookbook in my cupboard.
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Hahahahaha that wouldn’t be too surprising now, would it? I heard of pumpkin meatloaf too… That’s the kind of things you look up around Halloween when they almost give big tasty pumpkins at the grocerie store 😉 Oh, and I agree, what’s with the spicy pumpkin pies? You can’t even taste it!
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Well you know October comes and it’s “pumpkin spice” this and “pumpkin spice” that and it’s not pumpkin at all. It’s cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cloves. 😤 sorry. Pet peeve…. lol
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Amen! Pumpkin for people who don’t like it to begin with 😛
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Congrats.
I loved your answers😍
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Thanks! It was fun.
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Love your answers! They present such a beautifully authentic portrait. I agree on the pumpkin spice thing…ick, but pumpkin soup….divine! I laughed about the wiz! Been there, done that!!!! Lol BUT it’s worth seeing at least once as a sentimental classic. 😊
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Well thanks for nominating me and for the questions!
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Loving this little insight into you. Shit, one liner jokes are just the best aren’t they? My favourites are the “What do call a man with…….” ones 😂
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Oh please share your favorite one with me!
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What do you call a man with a spade on his head?
Doug 😉😂
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Hahahaha! Awesome!!
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Congratulations Tara.
I’m kinda stating the obvious here but you truly do deserve it ❤❤.
And also, I love hanging out by the beach too. Something about the ocean rushing onto the shores seems so serene and beautiful :’)
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Awww thank you ☺️
The beaches here in Alaska aren’t soft and sandy like I see in pictures of other places. They are gravel and rocks and all sorts of seaweed and other living things… but I love it. The sound of the waves, the gravel tumbling upon itself, the mountains and volcanoes across the Inlet, the sunset, the fresh salty air, the cries of eagles and seabirds…. it’s peaceful and healing.
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That sounds swell, to be honest 😱.
Certainly placing Alaska on my bucket list too ❤
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I’m sorry, but I’m still stuck on you telling us that your son died in your arms. I can’t get that impression out of my head, but that is just me, I guess.
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He did. It was the hardest day of my life. I am forever changed. Do you understand partially why grief is a part of who I am now? It makes people uncomfortable. But it’s a reality.
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We can’t run away from who are. We just can’t.
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Nope.
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