{"id":3842,"date":"2015-05-17T09:34:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T09:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2015-11-02T05:21:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T05:21:28","slug":"continuingconnections-diabetes-blog-week-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/17\/continuingconnections-diabetes-blog-week-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Connections &#8211; Diabetes Blog Week, Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bittersweetdiabetes.com\/p\/2015-diabetes-blog-week-topics-posts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blogweek6.jpg\" alt=\"blogweek6\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blogweek6.jpg 250w, https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blogweek6-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day 7&#8217;s topic is Continuing Connections:<br \/>\n<i>The very first inspiration for Diabetes Blog Week was to help connect our blogging community, and that continues to be the most important reason it&#8217;s held every year.  So let&#8217;s help foster and continue those connections as we wrap up another Dblog Week.  Share a link to a new blog you&#8217;ve found or a new friend you&#8217;ve made.  Or pick a random blog off of the Participant&#8217;s List, check it out and share it with us.  Let&#8217;s take some time today to make new friends.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Choosing my fave new blog isn&#8217;t easy<\/h2>\n<p>Diabetes Blog Week has introduced me to two new blogs which I&#8217;m enjoying very much, it&#8217;s difficult to decide between the two.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:30px;\">&#160;<\/div>\n<h2>Let me be Frank about my first choice<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/type1writes.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TypeOneWrites.png\" alt=\"TypeOneWrites\" width=\"200\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3847\" \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/type1writes.com\/\">http:\/\/type1writes.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nThe first new blog I started reading this week belonged to Frank, a blog I found very interesting, easy to read and of a lot of relevance. Franks blogs are like most written from the heart and it&#8217;s been interesting to read his viewpoint. Go and take a read if you haven&#8217;t already.<br \/>\nOf course it was nice to see Frank felt a similar way about mine too with his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankSita\/status\/597694209450094592\">tweets<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/16\/favourites-and-motivations-diabetes-blog-week-day-6\/#comment-7873\">comments on my blog<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture.png\" alt=\"Frank's tweet about Circles of Blue\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:30px;\">&#160;<\/div>\n<h2>It&#8217;ll be difficult to (Dia)beat(er) this next one though<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/type1diabeater.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture1-300x104.png\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture1-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture1-250x86.png 250w, https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture1-150x52.png 150w, https:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Capture1.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/type1diabeater.com\">http:\/\/type1diabeater.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nLike many I have discovered and been in awe of Tamsin&#8217;s blog, lifestyle and attitude. Whilst only recently diagnosed whilst travelling the world Tamsin has gripped Diabetes by the neck and showed it that it will never break her, it will not stop her doing what she wants to do.<br \/>\nWhilst not specifically Diabetes related her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/type1diabeater.com\/2015\/05\/16\/24-life-lessons-from-24-months-on-the-road\/\">24 life lessons from 24 months on the road<\/a> article offers such great worldly advice and contains such jawdropping photos.<br \/>\nIf Amy grows up with only part of Tamsin&#8217;s attitude and zest for life I&#8217;d be a happy Dad.<br \/>\nTamsin and I share an interest, which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/12\/keep-it-to-yourself-diabetes-blog-week-day-2\/\">I&#8217;m afraid I just can&#8217;t talk about<\/a> and I look forward to reading more about how she get&#8217;s on running on fat, which I know from reading is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/The-Art-Science-Carbohydrate-Performance\/dp\/0983490716\">very achievable<\/a>.<br \/>\nLike Frank, Tamsin has been very kind with her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/circles-of-blue.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/12\/clean-it-out-diabetes-blog-week-day-3\/\">comments to me<\/a> and I&#8217;ve enjoyed our interactions in a Facebook group (which I just can&#8217;t talk about).<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 7&#8217;s topic is Continuing Connections: The very first inspiration for Diabetes Blog Week was to help connect our blogging community, and that continues to be the most important reason it&#8217;s held every year. 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