According to my trusty calendar, come April 22, my fellow
TeachingAuthors and I have been posting for TWELVE years!
YAY! and HOORAY!
My opening sentence deserves 11 more exclamation points, plus
one for Good Luck.
Traditionally, anything silk celebrates a 12th anniversary.
Here’s a photo of several of us raising our voices in thanks
to our trusty and trusted incomparable Administrator and Founder,
Carmela Martino, who continues to make sure our weekly posts
unfold as smooth as silk.
To celebrate, for the next 4 weeks, each TeachingAuthor will share
another TeachingAuthor’s post she especially holds dear.
It goes without saying: all of my fellow bloggers en-courage-ed me
to raise my voice and share my Writer’s Life and Truths with our
Readers.
I’ve always been in awe of both April’s oh, so poetic posts and her
fearlessly-and-fiercely-acquired illustration skills.
Her October 23, 2020 post, however – “Hop to it!” - had me printing
her fortifying words pronto and keeping them nearby in case my voice
faltered.
Here’s April’s original poem “Exercising My Voice” from Sylvia Vardell’s
anthology A WORLD FULL OF POEMS.
Thank you, Readers, for twelve glorious years!
And thanks to Tabatha Yeatts for hosting today’s Poetry Friday.
Esther Hershenhorn
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9 comments:
Thanks so much, Esther, for kicking off our blogiversary celebration! I had no idea 12 years was a "silk" anniversary. I'm honored to be part of this terrific team and had such fun at our virtual celebration.
Esther! First of all, thank you for taking the picture of our surprise celebration! And second of all, what a fabulous surprise to wake up to this morning... I am so so so surprised and also delighted that you chose my post. (I just reread it and it feels like it was written by someone else. Isn't that always the way it is? Who wrote this???)
Namaste my dear across-the-country friend 💕
Happy Blogaversary! And what a cute page in the poetry collection! Congratulations!
Congratulations and happy blog birthday!
Congratulations to everyone! I imagine April did not know how important her wonderful poem continues to be. I'm glad to read it again!
Congratulations to all the TAs! ❤❤❤
What a wonderful way to celebrate...each other! Many congratulations. Here's to 12 more years!
Thank you, ALL - Our Readers AND my fellow TeachingAuthors - for joining the celebration.
I'm glad I brought you a smile + affirmation for your singular talents that ALWAYS inspire.
Lucky me to hang with such talented and inspiring writers!
Esther--Great choice of post...April's words are just what I needed to re-read this morning. And thank YOU, Esther for your cheery posts. Reading them, I feel as if I am sitting across the table from you at Starbucks with a soy latte. And some day soon (I hope) we really will be at Starbucks!
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