{"id":1121,"date":"2007-04-12T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:34:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:34:46","slug":"laura-the-thinker-lol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1121","title":{"rendered":"Laura the thinker (lol!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/thinkingbloggerpf8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052691097633660322\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/thinkingbloggerpf8.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_YcXlERVmPdE\/Rh69I3I7nZI\/AAAAAAAAAR4\/0HdJ46aeir4\/s800-h\/thinkingbloggerpf8.jpg\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Vicki at <a href=\"http:\/\/outsidein.typepad.com\/\">Outside In<\/a> tagged me as a *thinking blogger* &#8211; imagine that! On the off chance that you haven&#8217;t seen this meme a thousand times already, the idea is that once you&#8217;re tagged, you&#8217;re supposed to pass the fun along by linking to five other blogs that make you *think*. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">I wouldn&#8217;t really consider myself a *thinker* &#8211; more like an occasional ponderer or idea tinkerer. The practice of writing something here each day formalizes my thinking process and offers me the opportunity to engage the thinking of you all, which is what I really enjoy. I think we&#8217;re a pretty *thoughtful* bunch, even if prone to occasional silliness.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>In an effort to avoid what very much feels like a popularity contest I won&#8217;t choose five blogs from my sidebar to highlight. Most of you read them all anyway and know how delightful they are. Besides, most of you have already been tagged, I think! Instead, I&#8217;ve chosen a few blogs that I read regularly, but haven&#8217;t ever linked to. Most are blogs where I don&#8217;t comment often or at all, but lurk and think and quietly enjoy for one reason or another. They&#8217;re all *thinking bloggers* for sure, but there&#8217;s more. Have a look and find out for yourself.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/kikipotamus.wordpress.com\/\">Kikipotamus the Hobo<\/a> is a new friend from the <a href=\"http:\/\/artfulwater.blogspot.com\/\">Finding Water<\/a> reading group. She is creative and whimsical and complex. Her writing is generous and her topics wide-ranging.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>Lyn at <a href=\"http:\/\/wandermuse.blogspot.com\/\">Wandermuse<\/a> is an artist\/painter\/photographer. She doesn&#8217;t post often; she&#8217;s too busy wandering around big sky country, but once in a while I peruse her archives and am inspired by her honesty and deep respect for the outdoors.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/p>\n<div>e4 at <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbluebrown.blogspot.com\/\">Green, Blue, Brown<\/a> writes about farming, gardening, and parenting in Ohio. He&#8217;s always got something interesting going on with the goats, chickens or his errant children. He writes a great blog for *thinking green*.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treegrowersdiary.com\/index.html\"><\/p>\n<div>A Tree Grower&#8217;s Diary<\/a> has been a favorite for some time now, but Julie who blogs from NJ recently moved it into her other blog called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliewaltonshaver.com\/blog\/\">A City of Nouns<\/a>. Great photos and interesting tree stuff &#8211; have a look.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Another beautiful blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grafphoto.com\/wordpress\/\">Graf Nature Photography<\/a> offers thoughts on nature and the environment as seen through the lens of a talented nature photographer.  Good photo tips, too!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So that&#8217;s my five and that means I&#8217;ve finally finished the homework, Vicki! Thanks again for the compliment.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vicki at Outside In tagged me as a *thinking blogger* &#8211; imagine that! On the off chance that you haven&#8217;t seen this meme a thousand times already, the idea is that once you&#8217;re tagged, you&#8217;re supposed to pass the fun along by linking to five other blogs that make you *think*. I wouldn&#8217;t really consider &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1121\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Laura the thinker (lol!)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}