{"id":408,"date":"2012-05-14T11:59:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T15:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2014-01-09T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T21:13:33","slug":"blog-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/blog-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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\u2019ve been reading as a result of this competition.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

To see the entire list for yourself, check out<\/p>\n

2012 Blogathon Blog Roll<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some of my favourite bloggers so far, under some of the categories I write about.<\/p>\n

Community Strength<\/h2>\n

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

Marijke Vroomen Durning, who writes the Med Health Writer<\/a> \u201cnurse turned writer\u201d blog inspired me to join this year\u2019s blogathon, but it\u2019s been fun reading her posts regularly.<\/p>\n

Cultural Identity<\/h2>\n

At Catholic Faith and Fitness<\/a>, Joel Whitaker writes about helping Catholics become spiritual, financially and physically fit. Although we\u2019re 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\u2019s important to respectfully read people who disagree with me so that I can remember that the world is full of diversity.<\/p>\n

Eco-living<\/h2>\n

Aundra Weissert blogs about eating locally, fitness and gardening on her Chestertown Fit for Life<\/a> blog. So far, I\u2019ve enjoyed posts about time distortion, running, using perennials in landscaping and visiting a farm to pick strawberries. Yum.<\/p>\n

Hillah Culman writes about cooking and eating. She\u2019s trying to focus on one main ingredient, which is why her blog is called The One Ingredient<\/a>, but I\u2019ve enjoyed her posts because of her focus on fresh food.<\/p>\n

History Worth Remembering<\/h2>\n

Jane Neff Rollins writes about her family roots at Kitchen Sink Genealogy<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

Politics That Matter<\/h2>\n

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

Thanks to everyone for making this contest worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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