No, well, the Oscar doesn’t go to me, nor does the BAFTA, Emmy or any other performing arts award. When I was young, I’d written that Oscar speech before I’d even been to the audition. As yer do.
I wouldn’t cry, unless I could manufacture one delicate teardrop down my right cheek. I wouldn’t thank everyone by name, thereby boring everyone knicker-rigid, and I certainly wouldn’t go on at length, ad infinitum, till the cows came home. As Groucho once said, I’d rather stay with the cows till you came home.
The speech would be short and simple, and discussed endlessly. I’d be in the media for a goodly time for the exquisite gown I would have worn. Probably something like this—but in black and with a scattering of tiny, real diamonds—none of yer paste jewellery, thank you very much.
Ok, so that’s not going to happen. In any case, why should I care when I have, in the last year, received so many blogging awards? I’ve not had time to do anything about them, hence this post, which is to explain that finding the time to do all that’s required of an award is always going to be beyond me.
And I also feel rather as Phil Taylor does:
Let’s get this one right out of the way now. It’s not an award if it requires you to do anything you normally wouldn’t, like turn around and give it to fifteen other people. There’s no other awards in life that require you to do work. “And the Oscar for Best Actress in a Drama goes to Meryl Streep, but only if she can name fifteen other actors that deserve it!”
This post is my apology and thank you to the lovely fellow bloggers who have showered me with all manner of trophies from the Very Inspiring Blogger Award, the Influential Blogger Award, and One Lovely Blog Award to the Inspiring Blogger Award, the Versatile Blogger Award, the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award, and the Liebster Award. (That’s quite a mouthful—I’m not sure that even with my diction (exquisite, darlings) I’d not stumble over them in a public speech.
This a long-winded way of saying, as you may have noticed from the image in the sidebar, that I have become an award-free blog. My special thanks are to the following beautiful bloggers for giving me such delight. In no particular order, I give you:
The Crazy Bag Lady
Moorezart (two awards!)
Chronic Conditions & Life Lessons
Los caprichos de Julie Delpy
Magpie Creative Writing Services
BlueKatKraft
Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life
Writer’s Notebook
The Linden Chronicles
Andrés Cifuentes
Kyrosmagica
Rebecca Bond – Classic Re-tellings of Modern Tales
Alex Raphael
Yesterday After
Aquileana
Kyrosmagica (again!)
Charles French Words Reading and Writing (for one of my other blogs, First Night History)
Gringa of the Barrio
Cooking with Reena
Wild Star Landing
I do hope I haven’t forgotten anybody. If I have, let me know!
For anyone who doesn’t see the Award-Free logo and nominates me, I will do the next best thing by adding a link to your blog by updating this post.
Take care and keep laughing!
This is outstanding!!!! Most happy congratulations!!!!!!
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Thank you, Lois!
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This did make me smile. A jolly good read – worthy of an award:) Have a lovely weekend. Janet
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That’s what I love to hear about, Janet – a smile on the lips of my readers! Thank you. Wishing you a tremendous weekend!
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Oh my…I do believe you need another blog award that is worthy of this article! 🙂 Ok…I’ll just save it for another time. Since you aren’t accepting anymore awards…you’ll just have to wonder I guess. hahaha Have a great weekend my lovely arty friend!
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You’ve made me very happy, Itaya! Thank you. Happy weekend!
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Thanks, Sarah! And giving the award to you was a no brainer – your posts are lovely
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Much thanks, Elaine! The feeling is mutual. Happy weekend to you.
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Bravo Sarah!, cue a big round of applause from the gallery! 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend!
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Gallery applause is my heart’s desire, Jane! Thank you so much. Have a delightful weekend.
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You are a natural entertainer 🙂
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That is the most satisfying compliment anyone has ever given me! Thank you, Alex.
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I now have the widest smile in the city. Thank you.
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I see you got around it! Excellent! I’m not sure I could get away with just reblogging and saying ‘Me too!’ Fab post!
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Thanks! I’m sure you could get away with it. After all, you’ve already done a post with a list of links. Have a lovely evening, Olga.
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Love your blog, you deserve all of the awards 🙂
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Bless you, Heather!
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Oh Sarah, you make me laugh. I SO would have thought you’d have won an Oscar. You deserved it 🙂 Brilliant way to accept blog awards that you also deserve! ♥
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Mandy, thank you. The only awards I need are the beautiful comments you and others make. It warms the cockles of an old girl’s heart!
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
Thank you Sarah for your mention in the credits – I love the dress and agree with you that style often trumps content in some acceptance speeches. I am very happy when someone makes a comment or reblogs – award and kind enough. Many hugs.. XXS
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I like your style. 🙂 A brilliant take for award acceptance and the gown: enchanting.
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Bless you, Tess. As for the dress, I may have to save up to get one specially made!
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It is stunning. I’ve been living in jeans and leggings. Haven’t looked at a dress since last Christmas. I used to love dressing up.
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Nor me. And I can’t see myself having an occasion to wear such a dress here in Crete!
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Nice to dream, though. ❤
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You deserve all this and more!!
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Aw, thank you!
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Well said Sarah! I completely agree. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the awards or nominations, they just don’t fit with what I like to do with my blog. In the future when someone wants to give me a blog award I’ll just reply with a link to this post of yours.
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You could always re-blog it, of course! I saved that quote of yours from the date of that post, knowing I would use it whenever I actually got round to writing this one. It was perfect for how I felt.
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Wonderful post! Yes, I laughed right out loud-still am!!! I loved it. 🙂
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That’s music to my ears, Kim!
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The B.E.S.T. Award goes to you for Comedic Post. So LOVED it. AWESOME!!!!
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Oh, darling, thank you!
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Very creative. A true joy to read. 🙂
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Congrats on all the well-deserved awards.
You should go out and buy that exquisite gown.
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I’ll take that as an order!
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Aside from Freshly Pressed I don’t any other blog award that is an actual award that you can just be proud of.
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And thanks for thinking of and referencing me, that is the best kind of award.
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Thanks for linking to me, Sarah. I get your point about the awards, but I like to join in on these, when I can, as a way to link with other bloggers, a little celebration if you like, no doubt nobody takes them too seriously!!! I reckon if you had accepted all of these awards you’d have a heck load of work to do, you’ve been awarded so many!!! So very justly deserved. 🙂
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I never find the time! Happy Week.
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Thank you very much for the mention!… Such an honor, coming from you! All my best wishes. Aquileana 😀
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Pleasure, Aquileana!
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Thank you Sarah for the mention again! Glad to grace your And the Oscar goes to…. post. 🙂
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Pleasure, Marge!
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