I’ve been honoured today with another blogging gong. The lovely Lorna of Lorna’s Tearoom Delights has bestowed upon me the Blog of the Year Award 2012. I do hope you go visit Lorna’s blog – it’s full of deliciousness, and she’s a dear Soul with lots of everyday wisdom and crackingly good photography on her pages. 
I’m so glad I took up blogging. It’s been a big, fun and unexpectedly marvelous form of sharing for me, and I have found great friendship and support out there in the Bloggerverse.
Now, according to the rules of this award, I must nominate others. I’ve selected my nominations based on the blogger’s ability to uplift and engage me, to encourage me, and to broaden my knowledge. Also, the writers of these blogs are just beautiful people. My choices are below:
1. An Unrefined Vegan Annie’s blog is jam-packed with wonderful plant-based recipes, but she also shares her soul with us in the most tender and open of ways. Whether you’re a vegan, vegetarian, or just looking for inspiration to bring new meals to the table, Annie inspires, and creates a sense of community and connection. She also created the Virtual Vegan Potluck – bloggers from all over the world coming together to share their best plant-based recipes in a glorious feast of every type of soup, starter, beverage, bread, main and dessert.
2. Sweet Mother Sweet Mother’s blog delivers an opinion – a well thought out and vocal standpoint on any matter of subjects from sexual preferences to gun laws. She’s clever, funny, sharp, considered and never afraid to back down from an issue. Sweet Mother makes me laugh often, cry sometimes, and think always.
3. Theosophy Watch A blog that reminds me of my connectedness to the Universe. This blog is a rich source of theosophical, spiritual and philosophical information, laced with science and all kinds of ‘magic’. It often affirms my own beliefs, or gives me pause to reflect on something new.
Thank you to all my readers, and a heart-felt blessing to all bloggers who make the interwebs a diverse ocean of facts, feelings and wonders.
Here’s to 2013 being a fabulous year for all of us, filled with blogalicious goodness.
I have one of those stars as well. I think that means I may nominate you and you get two stars. So I just have.
Nicole, your blog is amazing!
I just posted a comment in Teosophy Watch in reply to your comment there.
Both Teosophy Watch and you Cauldrons were my favorite two blogs of this year.
I am a teosoph myself in my way of living and i connect a lot with Ehelena Blavatsky, because I am Russian and madam Blavatsky is our national pride.
Only few people around the world know about her contribution in religion and spirituality, that’s why her teaching stays divine and truly esoteric.
I was impressed you loved Teosophy Watch and that made me love your blog even more!:)
I felt from your way that you somehow relate a lot to teosophic philosophy (spirituality, love and unity of everything in the universe), and so I was happily surprised to discover that you are too connected with that blog a lot!
Big respect to you and Love to all
Congratulations! Love reading your blog x
Hurrah! Very well deserved, and thank you for your kind words. I’m delighted that you picked Annie’s blog, definitely a worthy winner. I don’t know either of the other blogs you nominated but I’m going to check ’em out.
Congratulations, Nicole!
Btw, what are your NYC dates again? Looking forward to eating with you!
Well done! Isn’t it lovely to know you’re appreciated? We look forward to more in 2013!
Congratulations Nicole so well deserved. Now I am living in Washington DC I feel deeply connected to my girls and their love and wisdom back home through your blogs
Love Trees x
Congrats! So well deserved! As a matter of fact, I mentioned you in my post today!
Congratulations Nic, can’t think of anyone else I would award it too either!
Well deserve and thank you for all you blogging, loving and care.
Namaste
Annette
xxxooo
I have loved reading all your blogging, and have learned so much along the way. Some profound life changes have happened. I really enjoy meeting new bloggers you have introduced, the www really brings the world together in such beautiful heartfelt sharing ways. Congratulations and Thank You xo
Congratulations on your award and thanks for sharing it!
So well deserved. Congratulations Nicole. looking forward to checking out your recommendations.
I was thrilled to see your blog amongst Lorna’s “best of” picks as I have such warm feelings for you and what you do. As I told her, I always “leave” your blog feeling better than when I “arrived.” You are a love. And now to see my blog named here. Amazing. Thank you.
Excellent nomination, if I may say so. 🙂
Well done! Thank you for sharing and suggesting those wonderful site! Much love. Thank you for helping mr stay focused through testing times. X
Congratulations, and you’ve suggested some lovely new blogs for me to investigate too x
You ARE a Star, Nicole! I get a little excited when I see one of your posts appear in my email inbox – each and every one of them touches me at such a deep level – I would just like to thank you for that! ♥
congratulations!
i am absolutely honored AND the fact that i was depicted as wonder woman may have just made my year. i adore you, cauldrons. much love, mother