Blogblast For Peace 2024

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". This is my 19th globe in my 17th year participating. 

I know I've said it before, but peace seems even more out of reach, almost becoming a utopia. The world is getting darker, violence is increasing, wars are intensifying... where will it end? It's so easy to get lost in the darkness. But especially in these times, when the world seems shrouded in shadow, we need to keep the faith, hold on to hope. We will hold the light, let it shine, let it grow. Easier said than done, I know, but remember: every light, every bit of hope is a step closer to peace. Believe in the power of community, together we are stronger. And we are with many, more than you know. Evil fails, peace prevails!

Please join us. People unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. Don't have a blog? You can also join us by using social media. My globe will be on Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and all other places I am in too. 

Post and share, anywhere you are online. 

It's that simple. Join us!

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook 
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook 

 

Blogblast For Peace 2023

 

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". I'll start calling this my Peace Blog, as I seem to use my blog for just this movement nowadays. I don't care though, it is too important not to participate! The wars in Ukraine, in Gaza, other armed conflicts... Sometimes peace seems to be an unreachable dream, but we cannot give up. Not now, not ever.

Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. Don't have a blog? You can also join us by using social media. My globe will be on Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and all other places I am in too. 

Post and share, anywhere you are online. 

It's that simple. Join us!

This is my 18th globe in my 16th year participating. Every year there's a theme on the main website. I don't always follow that, and that's okay. This year I did, the theme is: 

"Change the room - the transforming power of walking in peace" 

Imagine what would happen... 

if instead of trying to find peace, we walked in with it? 

What if we simply carried it in? 

What if we were the peace everyone else was searching for? 

What if we expected the room to change when we entered? 

Don't you think it would? Why can't we be the water and the well?

I love that, but struggled a bit how I wanted to incorporate it in my globe. After a lot of thought I said to myself: stop overthinking and start creating! And so I did.

I couldn't find the right image of a room, so I created a few in Bing Image Creator (AI). I chose one intuitively, added the usual info and decided to go with the flow. My fingers typed the words without thinking and I loved it. I tweaked a bit with font and lay-out, and I'm happy with the result.

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook 
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook 

 

Blogblast For Peace 2022

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". As I said last year.... although I seem to use my blog for just this movement, it is too important not to participate! Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. Don't have a blog? You can also join us by using social media. My globe will be on Facebook, Twitter, MeWe, Mastodon and Instagram too. 

Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us!

This is my 17th globe in my 15th year participating. The world today can be a scary place. The polarisation is alarming, disturbing even... So many things are happening at the same time. The world is burning, literally too. It feels like the world is in a transition, shedding its skin to emerge renewed and fresh.How that world will be is up to us all. Peace begins with all of us. Find peace inside yourself and spread it out. We can stand together and create a better world. Imagine... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one... 

With all that in mind my globe evolved very organically. On Deviantart I found this wonderful Windows Live Wallpaper by JimKing. The child is overlooking the world, pondering what to make of it... It also made me think about the fool in tarot. That brought me to a quote on peace from the Witches' Wisdom Tarot by Phyllis Curott & Danielle Barlow, in the counsel section of the '7 of water' card. I wanted to include the peace symbol and one of the first results I got was the hand. Somehow it all fit together and my globe was born. 

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook 
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook 

 

Blog4Peace Ukraine 2022

 

Once again I'm joining hundreds of people across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Blog4Peace and Post4Peace are hosting a special edition for the country and the people of Ukraine. It is time to fly our peace-globes in this time of war and international distress. 

Peace bloggers all over the world are blogging and posting for peace today. All over social media we are speaking with one voice: 

Dona nobis pacem 💙💛 дай нам мир 💙💛 Grant us peace.

Please join our community. All it takes is one post. Don't have a blog? You can also join us by using social media. My globe will be on Facebook, Twitter, MeWe and Instagram too. 

Pics I used are by ELG21 & ChiaJo via Pixabay.

links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook 
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook 

Blogblast For Peace 2021

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Although I seem to use my blog for just this movement, it is too important not to participate! Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You don't have a blog? You can also join us by using social media. My globe will be on Facebook, Twitter, MeWe and Instagram too. 

Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us!

This is my 14th year participating. Another weird year due to the covid-19 pandemic has gone by. Last year I focused on that subject, but this time I'm going back to the bigger picture. Peace!
I found this beautiful piece of art some time ago: "Lightwork" by Autumn Skye Morrison. To me it symbolizes, that we are weaving the web together with people all around the world. In a world full of polarization, discrimination and racism we should try to find each other again. Agree to disagree with mutual respect. Try looking for similarities instead of emphasizing differences. Excluding any group causes irregularities in the web we are weaving. We only have one world, one Earth, and we share it with everyone. Let's all cooperate to save our world, to find global peace. Sounds like a utopia? Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't, but it's a great goal to aim for. Aim big, aim high, who knows where we'll end up. Together we're strong, the United People of Planet Earth!

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook 
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook 

 

Blogblast For Peace 2020

 

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Although I seem to use my blog for just this movement, it is too important not to participate! Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You can also join us by using social media. My globe will be on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram too. 

Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us!

This is my 13th year participating. It's a weird year due to the covid-19 pandemic. The corona virus is currently surging in its second wave around the world; the sad totals are almost 50 million known cases and 1.2 million confirmed deaths up to now [source]. The virus does not discriminate, it can affect anyone, no matter what race, nationality, background, age, gender, etc. The world is one in crisis, but it feels like we have never been more divided at the same time... Polarisation rears its ugly head. People are worried, stressed and fed up with the strict but necessary measures. Discussions on- and off-line are spiraling out of hand, even to the point of violence. Hope is alive but our patience is tested.

All of this was the focus for my globe. Mimi of Blog4Peace posted this quote some time ago; I just changed 'disagreements' to 'differences'. I chose an image where people are social-distancing, but still reaching each other. Even if they are miles apart (literally or figuratively), they can still meet each other in the middle. There can only be peace where there is mutual respect. Agree to disagree. We are in this together, let's do it together. 

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook 
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook 

Blogblast for Peace 2019

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Although I seem to use my blog for just this movement, it is too important not to participate! Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You can also join us by using social media. My globe will be on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram too. Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us.

For my 12th year participating I chose a theme close to my heart: snow! As you all know I'm a winter-girl. I love snow and when I think of snowflakes gently whirling down it always gives me a sense of... peace! The stillness of a white winter wonderland calms my heart. Some time ago I found the quote by Layne Russell and it felt appropriate to use it for my peace-globe. We're living in a crazy world today; may our hearts cover it with blankets of peace...

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook
• Causes-page
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook

Blogblast for Peace 2018

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Although I hardly ever use my blog, this movement is too important not to participate! Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You can also join us by using social media. Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us.

It's the 11th time I'm participating. This year I decided to keep it simple. Peace should be simple, don't you agree? Still, finding peace in this ever changing world isn't always as simple as we'd wish... I believe real peace can be achieved if we focus more on the similarities and less on the differences between people, religions, countries, etc. When we really make an effort in understanding each other on all levels, that could be the start of finding peace in the end. That's why I chose this quote by Albert Einstein. Peace everywhere might sound like Utopia, perhaps it is, but I hope that won't stop us from striving for it.

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook
• Causes-page
• my Peaceglobes album on Facebook

Blogblast for Peace 2017

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You can also join us by using social media. Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us.

It's the 10th time I'm participating. In a world that seems to be divided by its religions I chose this theme. We experience terrorist attacks by extremists that use religions as an excuse for horrible acts taking so many innocent lives all around the world...
I believe all religions are in essence peaceful, but almost all have an extremist branch that act out under the guise of protecting their faith. There's a history of violence in the name of religions, but I don't believe that's what they all are about, or at the very least they shouldn't be.
I believe we can all coexist on our planet if we would all make an effort. I believe in interfaith dialogue: cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions/faiths and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. I see more similarities than differences, and like to explore those in a respectful way.

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook
• Causes-page

Blogblast for Peace 2016

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You can also join us by using social media. Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us.

This is my 9th year of participating. I used the image of a painting by John William Waterhouse called 'Miranda' (1875). Miranda is a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Waterhouse painted versions of Miranda at the start and end of his career. The other versions are both dated 1916. I love all versions, but while the later versions show the storm this one feels peaceful to me. Although you don't know whether it's the calm before the storm or after...
It goes very well with the quote I used. I wrote it down years ago and I can't remember where I got it from but it felt suitable for this year's globe. So many storms are raging around the world... It can be hard to find the peace, within ourselves, our nations, our earth...

When storms are raging all around you
Find the peace that calms your troubled sea

To everyone: I wish you peace! One moment, one step can be the beginning; one person can make the difference!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook
• Causes-page

Blogblast for Peace 2015

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You can also join us by using social media. Post and share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us.

This is my 8th year of participating. I found a wonderful image called 'Forest water' that embodies peace to me. I combined the triple moon, a pagan symbol, with the peace sign. I added a quote I found online:

Don't let people pull you into their storm
Pull them into your peace

To me it says it all: peace comes from within, one person can make the difference and start a change in the world!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook
• Causes-page

And the winner is...

This morning at 10.10 AM I closed the blog contest to win "Suffer A Witch". I put the names of everyone that commented under the contest blog post here in a Random Name Picker. There were 13 names, a nice witchy number... :-)

And the winner is..............drumrolls...................

On behalf of both Claudia and me: thanks for your comments and congratulations to the winner! Please send your name and address to tinkerbell.nl(at)gmail.com and the book will come to you a.s.a.p.

No winner? Of course you can still read Suffer A Witch, available as an e-book or paperback. Check the website for more info. Let us know what you think of it!

BlogBlast for Peace 2014

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. You can also join us by using social media. Post and Share, anywhere you are online. It's that simple. Join us.

This is my 7th year of participating. I started with a beautiful wallpaper called 'Top of the World', made by artist Emerald-Depths. I decided not to overdo it and give our slogan the center of attention it deserves. Dona Nobis Pacem, Grant Us Peace!


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook
• Causes-page

Kickin' It Old Skool - the end

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Kickin'It Old Skool, Day 31
Yay!! We kicked it through the holidays. We kicked it through ice storms. We kicked it all month long! Give yourself a gold star - or a turquoise star or a fuchsia one! It's time to celebrate! What would you like to celebrate about this month and Kickin' It Old Skool?

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To celebrate the transition from old to new year Ron and I walked a beach labyrinth at sunrise this morning, made by friends. It's becoming a tradition, 4th time this Dec. 31:

I want to thank Jamie & Shannon Ridler for organizing this blog-a-thon. Also thanks to everyone who participated and commented on each other's blogs. I've tried to visit as much as possible and ended up following quite a few new blogs! Yay for meeting new friends and their blogs, and for reconnecting to old friends and their blogs.

I really liked getting back into blogging again. I didn't succeed in participating every day because of various reasons, but that doesn't matter! It was fun and I want to try to stay more active this coming year.
Therefore my question for you all: do you have tips for memes to do? Prompts to find? Anything fun to help me keep blogging?

A new year's wish from me for everyone that participated and the readers of my blog:

all the best to you and yours and I hope to see you again in 2014 (and after).

Where I Blog!

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Kickin'It Old Skool, Day 8
"We hope you don't mind if we invite ourselves over. We'd love to see where you blog!"

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I have older pics of my desk, but I decided to take a new pic here and now. No cleaning or tidying first, just stand up and click that camera. You can see the KIOS-blog of today is on my screen.
So, without further ado, this is where I blog:

It's a roll-top desk in the living-room, but it's only closed when I'm sleeping. The black cloth on the right hides my printer, because although there's a scratching pole next to my desk Maia's favourite spot is on top of my printer. And cat's hair and computer stuff don't go that well together... In fact this is a rare occasion as none of the cats are on or around my desk, they usually are most of the time. The buddha fountain on top is their drinking place.

Friday First - Share Your First Blog Post

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Kickin'It Old Skool, Day 6
"Whether you've been blogging for 5 years or 5 days, share with us your first post. What inspired you to start, what have you've learned or how you've changed since then?"

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I started blogging on LiveJournal on December 24th, 2002. To my surprise that journal is still online! I got the idea from my friends in the PostcardFairies, a US-based but worldwide spread group of mainly women that sent each other self-made postcards by snail mail. I still have loads of cards. The group still exists and I have stayed in contact with quite a few of them!
Although I'm Dutch I've always blogged in English so all my international friends can read it too (and to practice my English).
Back to LiveJournal... This is my first post (click the link to see the actual post for yourself):

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Tinkerbell ( tinkerbell_nl) wrote, 
@ 2002-12-24 20:39:00 
 Current mood: happy 

 Hellooooooooo!!!! 

Well, here I am! Thanks travelfairy for the code! I just created this journal. It will change, it's rather dull right now. I'll have to find my way here. This is just a test-entry; more to follow later!!
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In 2004 and 2005 I also had an account on Muselog. I tried to find it back, but I guess it's no longer online. Of course I saved it myself, so here it is:

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Friday, August 13, 2004 
Intro 

As my first post I decided to copy what I wrote on my application form for MuseLog. 
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I'm a Dutch eclectic solitary witch who likes exploring the www, meeting other pagans, learning about other paths and religions, etc. I have a LiveJournal, but I hardly use it to write about my spiritual path and every-day-life as a witch. On MuseLog I hope to find kindred spirits and being able to share my thoughts about spirituality, paganism, witchcraft and the like. 

Perhaps I can contribute a little Dutch touch to MuseLog! 

Tinkerbell has been my online nickname for as long as I have internet access, because I just like that little fantasy-pixie! On a serious note: in a way I do believe in the existence of creatures like faeries, nymphs. 

I'm the first to admit my knowledge of HTML/CSS/PHP is very basic, but I'm ready to learn! 
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If you have any questions, feel free to ask! 

Posted by Tinkerbell on 08/13 at 09:44 AM
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In 2004 I moved to Blogger/Blogspot and that's where you're reading this now. :-) In the beginning I posted the same on both LiveJournal and Blogger, from August 2005 on it's Blogger only.
This is my first post on Blogger, a meme called Witches Weekly:

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2004

Witches Weekly

What do you like most about the summer season?

Certainly not the heat! I like nice weather, but too hot is not my cup of tea (for sure over here in The Netherlands with the high humidity). I like the summer season because it gives its own different touch to nature (as do all the seasons). People are happier, more joyful in summer.

How does weather affect your spirituality? Are you more active in the summer with pagan activities or less? Do you meditate outside or inside depending on weather?

I'm not more active on my own, and there aren't many get-togethers in summer also. If the weather allows it I love to meditate outside. If it's hot like today, I don't do anything, spiritual or other! ;-)

What's your favorite summer ritual? (Lughnasadh, Midsummer, whatever you celebrate)

Midsummer / Litha is special because of the very short time of darkness that night. If I can I stay up all night and celebrate, preferably with others.

posted by Tink @ 13:24

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So, that's my start of the blogging adventure. Blogging has gone through a lot of changes over the years. I was quite active until social media started to become bigger. That's why I love this blog-a-thon to give my blogging a new impulse. I hope I can keep it up! I'm having fun again and love to meet new people and their blogs this way.

Get ready for some blogging...!

Remember when blogging was fun?

Feel like you missed out on that time entirely?

Get Ready to Jump Into Our Time Machine 
and Join Us in December for...

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I suck at blogging since social media became bigger. So when I noticed Suzie's post about this (on Facebook...) I hesitated, but then decided: what the heck, I'm in! This could be exactly what the doctor ordered to get back at blogging! :-)) It's always nice to meet new blogs & bloggers and I can at least TRY! The rules are "be nice and have fun", so it can't be that hard...

Blogblast for Peace 2013

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. Won't you join us?

This is my 6th year of participating. I chose a picture of my favourite statue, the Millenial Gaia by Oberon Zell. His enchanting artwork shows Mother Earth and all of the creatures living and extinct in her hair and etched in her skin. Our Earth needs peace so desperately...


Blogblast for Peace links:

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook

Blogblast for Peace 2012

Today I'm joining hundreds of bloggers across the world in a movement called "Blogblast For Peace". Bloggers will unite in a global cry for peace in this annual event. One day. One voice. All it takes is one post. Won't you join us?

This year I kept it simple to let the focus fall entirely on the quote "All we are saying is give peace a chance". Of course it's from the song by John Lennon:

Blogblast for Peace links

• BFP website
• info on Mimi's blog
• fanpage on Facebook
• grouppage on Facebook

Oops...

Oops, I did it again... I haven't posted anything new for ages. I still read all your blogs in my Google reader, leave a comment from time to time, but somehow didn't post much myself. There are reasons, personal and other. Someone (don't remember who, when or where) blamed Facebook for being a blog-killer. I don't agree fully, but I must admit it takes time away from blogging. I still think a blog has another and/or added value, so I want to breathe new life into mine! I'll just start anew. :) If you have any questions, suggestions or requests about me, my blog or anything else... just let me know!

For now I'd like to share some pics with you... Click on the pic above the story to visit the album.


Last month Ron and I got tickets for a Re-enactment Weekend on Forteiland, a fortified island at the mouth of the harbour in IJmuiden. Lots of re-enactors were portraying German troops, French resistance, Dutch soldiers  etc. from (mainly) WWII. We enjoyed ourselves very much and made a lot of pictures.



Just like last year we took Arwen (& Foofur) to the Berner Sennen Beach Meeting in Noordwijk. This time 79 Bernese Mountain-dogs, 5 other dogs and 146 people came together and walked along the beach. Such a magnificent sight! Again we made lots of pics and 2 short video's.