When Juniorette Hall was a Girl Scout, I learned that song, “Make New Friends.”
As I wrote “Making Friends Out of Blog Readers” over at the Muffin, the song kept going through my head (and going…and going…and going). The thing is, I’ve made a lot of friends because of the blog. Oh, they might’ve started out as readers, but many have ended up as friends, golden friends who’ve been a huge blessing and support through the ups and downs on this writing path.
And as a bonus, every once in a while I make a new blog friend and get prizes! Like a mug! Look how cute this mug is:
I won the mug from illustrator, Lori Keehner, who was over at Kathy Temean’s blog, sharing her art (and having a giveaway). If you write for children, you won’t want to miss Kathy’s blog, Writing and Illustrating. But she also shares non-children’s writing stuff, like the Peyton Prize, a no-fee essay contest. You’ll want to make friends with Kathy Temean (and follow her blog!).
And don’t forget Lori Keehner, too! She shared a lovely blog post about my mug (and I used her pic because honestly, she has mad photo skills). You’re going to want to see ALL of her delightful mugs and prints and pillows and t-shirts…well, it’s a regular smorgasbord of Lori Keehner awesome art over at her Society6 shop. I am not gonna lie; it was hard to choose which mug I liked best ’cause I liked ALL of ’em! But I have a thing for owls, and that little owl family was so cute…
So now I have the mug on my desk and I will fortify myself with a nice cuppa every day and hope that a little owlish wisdom will infuse my writing. Thank you, Lori!
And thank all of you who keep coming back to read blog posts and share your ups and downs, both the writing and non-writing ones. I so appreciate the friends I’ve made over the years, and if you want to know how you can make friends out of your blog readers, then zip over to the Muffin to read that post.
Oh! And sorry about that song that’s stuck in your head now.
Cathy C. Hall Writes 
Cathy.
Thanks for sharing and for your kind words.
Kathy
You’re very welcome, Kathy. Thanks for all YOU do!
The cup is so cute. And thanks a lot. Now I have that song stuck in my head… and it’s been more than four decades since I’ve thought about it.
Um…sorry. (But the mug IS cute, right? Right?) 🙂
You don’t sound very sorry.
Off to The Muffin!
Hahahahaa! I suppose if it’s gotta be stuck in my head, it might as well be stuck in yours, too, Lisa! 🙂
Ditto to having that song stuck in my head, but it’s better than having the lyrics to Iron Butterfly’s In-A-Godda-Davida rumbling around. Oh, darn, too late.
Yeah, I don’t know, Donna. I love Iron Butterfly! 🙂
Love the beautiful mug! Very talented! I collect cups/mugs, so I have a feeling this might be quite dangerous, but I’ll check out the artwork on the blogs you mentioned. Regarding the song in my head, yep, it’s stuck there now. Have you seen the movie Inside Out? I took my three-year-old grandbaby to see it, and it’s adorable. There’s a little part in there about having that Doublemint Gum song stuck in your head, and your post reminded me of that. Okay, enough of my rambling! I’m on my way over to the Muffin…
I haven’t seen Inside Out, Theresa, but oddly enough, now I’ve got the Doublemint song stuck in my head! 🙂
I have a mug collection, too, but I’m okay with the scores of mugs in my kitchen. I drink A LOT of tea! (You’ll love all Lori’s mugs, I bet!)