Thursday, March 06, 2008

International Women's Day

drawing of mum, by EleanorIt will be International Women's Day on March 8th. I wasn't planning to do anything special for the day, but I am very pleased that Amnesty International UK has chosen me as one of its favourite female bloggers to celebrate the day.

To be mentioned on the same page as The Huffington Post, Dooce and Rachel from North London cheered me up on a day when I was feeling a bit low. I have two important concerts this weekend, and I am starting to come down with the same cold that flattened Ed for several days. Poor me. Come to the pity party.

Anyway, my dad is arriving tonight for a week-long visit. I'm going to be singing two wonderful works in inspirational settings this weekend. The garden is full of spring flowers. And Amnesty International likes my blog. So what reason is there to feel sorry for myself? No reason at all that a big glass of whisky and hot lemon can't fix.

The picture is a drawing of me by my 8-year-old daughter Eleanor, which she drew for a mother's day card this year. See, even more reasons to feel good.

6 comments:

ilex said...
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Anonymous said...

Congratulations. The portrait for Mothers Day is superb.
I agree - what reason not to feel happy?

Ted Marshall said...

Hey, well done, you're famous! And very well deserved. Arianna who?

Anonymous said...

Congrats to you! I love your blog and am glad to see you have received the recognition you deserve. Keep up the good work! And I hope you feel better soon!

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Anonymous said...

Great potrait. It remind me of my mother. How do we celebrate the women of this world? We should start with our mothers. Those who make us (men and women) who we are today. My mother committed suicide, but I won’t let 5 minutes of madness define what I knew of her. But I still struggle to know who she really was. More on me and my mother on my blog at http://angryafrican.net/2008/03/08/an-accidental-activist-i-slept-while-my-mother-died/