Welcome to A Gonzo World Carnival!
It has been wonderful reading everyone's posts - I marvelled at the diversity of the locations, writing style and interpretation of the theme "share your world". Some funny, some heart- wrenching, some joyful and some downright frightening.
On our journey, we skip back and forth from Australia to the UK to the USA, to Austria to the Philippines and to South Africa. Along the way we meet many amazing people who open their doors and invite us in to their world.
A big thank you to all who submitted posts for the carnival. The Gonzo Blog Carnival Series is sponsored by
For Your Success. Special thanks to
Fear and Loathing - The Gonzo Papers.
Without further ado, let's get started....grab a coffee....or a beer...and prepare for the road ahead...
Remember when leaving comments to let people know you are visiting from the carnival ... Happy reading!!
"...I am 90% Average American. Being an Australian, I think that's quite an achievement..."
LJP (Yours truly) from
SAVESAVESAVE discussing cultural misconceptions of Australia in
I Can Talk Good.
"...I was in college in 1979, at Park College in Pittsburgh, when the genie of nuclear disaster first ecaped the bottle..."
Kilroy_60 from
Kilroy's The Gonzo Papers has a frightening wake up call in
What Happens When Warning Sirens Sound At the Nuclear Plant Near You?
"...Where Route 30 meets 41, a few miles down
the road, collide into where I am from..."
Indiana, USA - Sara from
Aspiring Romance Writer takes us with her on a journey to her town in the poem
Hometown Girl.
"...I love the fried green tomatoes, cotton fields, football on fall Saturdays..."
In Montgomery, Alabama, Sheila Noblitt from
Alabama Kitchen Sink shares her homecoming experience in
Home is Where the Heart Is.
"...This is a commuter rail station in my home town of Elgin, Illinois..."
James Jordan from
Points of Light introduces us to the
Night Station.
"...I’d pushed away everyone in my community including his father and found myself alone and terrified..."
From Byron Bay, NSW, Australia: Joanne Hay from
The Nourisher shows great courage in taking us into her world and her journey in
About.
"...a true constant in all its flowing colors..."
From Vienna, Austria - Shakir Hasnain from
The Crimsonflaw Lived To Tell The Tale takes us into another realm in the poem
My World.
"...like the ugg boot, they have never gone out of fashion here ..."
Fellow Australian MillyMoo from
Blurb from the Burbs made me laugh and cry with her
Wince Inducing Words.
"...I have no mother. I have decided to write her off..."
From Cape Town, South Africa - Acidice, in her blog
acidice reveals her difficult choices with
My Ex Mother.
"...The two cats on the sides and the two snowmen are hand me downs from my sister..."
From the Philippines, Friday's Child in her blog
Friday's Child displays her home and her festive spirit in
My Home is My World."...the middle of last week we had about a foot of snow. Not much compared to what they got in other places..."
In Northeast Ohio, we find Anthony from
The Lives and Times who explains to us why he will
Remember the Winter of 2006-2007.
"...Like our brothers in Bagdad, we're under-deployed here..."
Mark Brown in NJ from
My-Poem-A-Day explores war and politics in his poem
Springtime.
"...It's always nice to get back after a trip and sit down with a cup of English tea..."
Naomi, in her blog
Diary from England reminds us that no matter where you travel in the world,
There's No Place Like Home.
I couldn't think of a better way to round off the carnival - with a nice cup of English tea. And the feet up on the desk. Perhaps a little snooze....
It's been a long journey.
Maps courtesy of
Google Maps Australia.
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