Blog Review

Today is the official guest blog day for the 2012 Blogathon. Rather than share blogs with some of the others today, I decided to highlight a few blogs I’ve been reading as a result of this competition.

I got to explore all these blogs thanks to the efforts of Michelle Rafter, who runs the contest and Jan Udlock who compiled a list of all the people participating this year. Thanks, Michelle and Jan.

To see the entire list for yourself, check out

2012 Blogathon Blog Roll

Here are some of my favourite bloggers so far, under some of the categories I write about.

Community Strength

Laura Tokie writes in a fun way about lots of parenting adventures in her In My Little Town blog, but I fell in love with it when I found a recipe for gluten free bagels. Thanks Laura.

Marijke Vroomen Durning, who writes the Med Health Writer “nurse turned writer” blog inspired me to join this year’s blogathon, but it’s been fun reading her posts regularly.

Cultural Identity

At Catholic Faith and Fitness, Joel Whitaker writes about helping Catholics become spiritual, financially and physically fit. Although we’re both Catholic, I disagree strongly with his political positions, but I like the posts about new health studies, such as the one about diabetes 2 and staying seated all day. I also think it’s important to respectfully read people who disagree with me so that I can remember that the world is full of diversity.

Eco-living

Aundra Weissert blogs about eating locally, fitness and gardening on her Chestertown Fit for Life blog. So far, I’ve enjoyed posts about time distortion, running, using perennials in landscaping and visiting a farm to pick strawberries. Yum.

Hillah Culman writes about cooking and eating. She’s trying to focus on one main ingredient, which is why her blog is called The One Ingredient, but I’ve enjoyed her posts because of her focus on fresh food.

History Worth Remembering

Jane Neff Rollins writes about her family roots at Kitchen Sink Genealogy. I love all the old photographs Jane uses to inspire each post. I hope she keeps developing this site, because it gives a real glimpse at how the past and the present intersect.

Politics That Matter

I like reading the opinions of Katie Morell , a full-time freelance writer who talks about Obama, birdwatching and writing. Like Katie, I plan to use fewer exclamation points in future.

Thanks to everyone for making this contest worthwhile.