My Favorites

I have lots of favorite blogs, but I'm only going to share a few with you today. I may have shared them before, but I'll do it again. These are special:

Indian Food Rocks--While the focus is generally on Indian food (I love Indian food), Manisha's posts about her daughter's experiences, dealing with snow, her fantastic photos, and dozens of posts on other personal issues make it appealing. I can envision myself as a student of her photographic and gastronimic talents.

Learning to Sequence and Perils of Caffeine in the Evening--These two blogs by a husband and wife from Seattle give me a snapshot into a very complex set of lives of two people who I think are extremely intelligent but very approachable...the way people should be. I can imagine sitting on the porch, drinking wine and chatting about books and kayaks with them. Isabelita and I could enjoy our Ethiopian food while Phil waxes poetic about sunset on the Sound...or vice versa.

Everybody Knows--Despite her love of baseball, etc., Kathy is a very interesting person, a very intelligent being whose experience with the law is appealing to me, albeit mostly hidden. Glimpses into her life with her 15-year-old son and TMotH make riveting reading. She's one of the relatively few people in the blogosphere who I think would be as interesting in the flesh as she is on the tube.

Konagod and Black Soap are two blogs written by a guy from Austin whose political rants and tales of life with his partner and their friends and cats are always informative, interesting, and provocative. The fact that our political perspectives are usually in lockstep probably contributes to the fact that I like to read what he writes...that, and he is an excellent writer.

Burning Silo is, by far, my favorite "nature" blog, but Bev's posts go beyond nature and tell stories of her life in Canada...and those stories can be breathtaking in their depth. Though I've never met her in person, I know with absolute conviction that Bev is a wonderful human being that I'd be honored to know in person. She and her husband live an interesting life on a rural Canadian farm...and I want to be there!

Your Pharmacist May Hate You--This blog is excrutiatingly funny and horribly frightening at the same time. I was introduced to it by another favorite (though, honestly, I don't know why...I just like Alex), Where the HELL are my Penguins?

I have more favorites, but these are the ones I tend to read every day when I can. They've become like old friends with whom I like to share my morning coffee or, in another mood and another time, a shot of the hard stuff.