Attagirls, part 2 ...

And then I got this email from Therese Borchard.  Therese writes the Beyond Blue blog on Beliefnet, and even before she wrote me this email, I thought she was the grooviest.  And yes, that's my blog listed there ... number three!

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Subject:	Blog.com's Top 10 Mental Health Blogs
Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:24:41 -0500
From:	Therese Borchard

Hi folks,

I've been asked by the blog directory/website, blogs.com, to select the 10 best mental health blogs. I picked yours! I'll send you the link when it's up. Best, Therese

1. Finding Optimism

http://www.findingoptimism.com/

2. Bipolar Beat

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/bipolar/

3. We Must Not Think Too Much

http://wemustnotthinktoomuch.blogspot.com/

4. Furious Seasons

http://www.furiousseasons.com/

5. The Trouble with Spikol

http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/

6. Postpartum Progress

http://www.postpartumprogress.typepad.com/

7. Coping with Life

http://www.coping-with-life.com/

8. Storied Mind

http://www.storiedmind.com/

9. If You’re Going Through Hell Keep Going

http://www.mcmanweb.com/

10. McMan’s Depression and Bipolar Web

http://www.mcmanweb.com/

Attagirls ...

We all think we should be too old for pats on the back ... but I don't think we ever are.  Got a couple of lovely surprises this morning that left me with a little glow of "Hey!  I'm ok!"

My efforts to identify the "big brown bird" I saw eating a dead deer this weekend let to a long, chatty IM exchange with my pal Laura Erickson.  Said long chatty exchange led to identification of the bird (baby bald eagle) and being the subject of her program today.  But the best part was where she identified me as her "dear friend."  I know I'm Laura's dear friend and she is mine ... but it still sounded nice on the air. You can listen to the mp3 program by clicking here or on the radio: