Once again I am following in my daughter’s footsteps.Veronica’s most recent post is all about sharing the love or giving a shout out to a blog that you enjoy.
I have a lot of really, really good blogs in my reader and once a month I am also going to be giving a shout out to some that I think should have a much wider audience.
This English blog isn’t for the faint hearted, Blood in the Sand is written by a man who went to war when he was the same age as my son. His writing is very compelling and will leave you lightheaded as you realise that you were holding your breath as his words sink into your brain.
I rarely comment on Blood in the Sand’s posts because my words feel empty and hollow to my ears. I wander away from my computer and I think about a man half a world away who is haunted by the ghosts of the dead.
I wont say anything more, other than I highly recommend that you go over and read this blog and that you honour this man who served his country by respecting his words.
Just remember to breathe.
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His writing is breathtaking. I agree, more people should be reading his blog.
I like this idea of blog sharing. I’ll be going to take a look at this one.
I think I came across this via BG’s blog. Its late so my mind may have remembered that wrong. But one thing I will never forget is the blog you have chosen to share.
How apt that you have chosen to blog share as I had finished reading the blogs in my reader (for once) and didn’t have the heart to trawl the net, searching for more.
I agree that the featured Blog is not for those who are offended by strong language or raw emotions. It is however, powerful honest and makes me realise that I lead a very sheltered life.
I tend to stay within my comfort zone in the blogging world. Blog sharing is good. Especially for people like me whom it seems these days that the blogging community replaces a social life.
The shared blog is ‘real’ life, difficult reading when one tends to bask in the warmth of what one knows. I wouldn’t say it is a breath of fresh air, it makes for difficult reading (at least for me) but it also serves a good purpose, for me, it makes me realise that I am much much luckier than I ever realised.
Oh Kim …. I have lurked here a few times, but not commented. Hi! I found you through Veronica. I *adore* the part in your About Me blurb, where you state that vacuuming is bad for your soul. Yes, yes it IS.
This blog that you have linked to today? Thank you. I just read one post, and have to go back when I have more time. I get the feeling I’ll need to sit quietly when I read his words – WOW. Anyway, just wanted to delurk. The blogworld needs more delurkers, heh.
-eden
Yes Veronica, breathtaking indeed.
Achelois Bendy linked him when he was Cold Steel Rain, so your memory serves you well. I think that we are all luckier than we realize when we actually stop to think about our lives.
Hi Eden, thanks for leaving a comment, I don’t mind if you lurk but it is always nice when my lurkers pop their hands up and wave at me from time to time 🙂
I can’t read Blood in the Sand every day I normally wait until he has half a dozen posts up and then I sit quietly and read his words and then I go and make some pots and think deep thoughts.
A very compelling blog.
His Grammar is shocking 😉
Thanks for the link Veronica xxx
I’m a bit on the faint-hearted side, but I’ll pop over and have a read.
It’s great when someone directs you on the web.
Will save Blood In The sand for the right moment. Have read some Vietnam bios and they make you stop and think – like the honour roll on the SBS News Hour from the States.
You can’t support war & stick your head in the sand.
I have a friend suffering from PTSD thanks to the ‘war’. I found BIIS to be searing. Not something I would want to read everyday but to be read in big chunks once in a while when I am feeling overly optimistic – which is never LOL.
P.S. – thanks for the sweet comment
Very interesting – totally different than the blogs I typically peruse.
Just popping in to say I saw you latest post on Spider photos anc simply cannot read it! Major scale arachnopobe here. I eve know which page of the ifirst aid book has the pictures of the spiders and turn TWO pages together! The GOFA is yet to see how I react to a big, hairy, … his time will come, possibly when we go camping!
Blood in the Sand, the GOFA’s grammar is equally atrocious, although his vocabulary is simply enormous. I am forever correcting his grammatical screw ups (and I call Mum when I’m not sure myself!).