Wulfgar! has announced the winners of this year’s Montana Weblog Awards, and Watermark is tied with Raven’s Nest as the Most Creative Montana Blog. This is company I am proud to be in. I’m also well pleased with Wulfgar!’s observation that it’s pretty obvious that Mike, Sharon and a certain Sam from a certain creek have a very broad readership.

I’ll post the complete list of winners below the cut — where you should go, for some enriching discoveries — but first, a few thank-you’s:

• to Wulfgar!, for taking on what must be both a fun and an exasperating task, honchoing this now annual event
• to all of you who took the time and interest to check out Montana’s offerings
• and to all who voted for Watermark

I also want to thank those folks, from all over the place, who have given thought and time to commenting in the Introduce Yourself! post. So far, we have:

• John B. | Blog Meridian
• belledame222 | Fetch me my axe
• Cheryl | Journey of Cross and Quill
• Mary Scriver | Prairie Mary
• John Baker | John Baker’s Blog
• DrMeglet | randomness revovled around me
• Megan | Flaming Renaissance
• Cathy | The Quiet One
• Laura | Moments, Musings
• Jacquie | wild ink
• meika | meika loofs samorzewski
• pam | MarillaAnne
• Endment | Endment
• Leesa | Peace of My Mind
• Chia
• Theresa Quintanilla | QViews
• Pearl | Humanyms
• Michael | Stick Poet Super Hero
• Bitteroot | Bitteroot and Bergamot
• Anne | Ample Sanity
• Crafty Green Poet
• Lori Witzel | chatoyance

This thread is even more fun and thought provoking than I had anticipated. Even if you don’t feel like participating, I bet you’ll find the comments, and the commenters’ sites, of interest — check them out — and, of course, check out . . .

. . . the Montana Weblog Award winners. Y’all are welcome to use the button at the top of this post, which I made as I am addicted to blog bling. You will want to change the title attribute, though, to reflect your own award.

Under the Heading of Political Blogs:

• A Chicken Is Not Pillage
• MT Politics
• Dave Budge
• Left In The West
• Electric City Weblog

Under the Heading of Culture:

• Better Living Through Blogging
• A History of Montana By Kodak
• Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Under the Heading of Creativity:

• Raven’s Nest
• Watermark
• Thoughts From The Middle Of Nowhere
• A Chicken Is Not Pillage
• A Secular Franciscan Life

Best Post:

• You didn’t think I Gave it up, Did you?, Great Falls Firefly

Best Series Of Posts:

• A History Lesson, Electric City Weblog

This transitional season is always a good time to think about the good things life gives us. For me, one of those things is this new world of writing, reading, and sharing. So thank you to those who visit me here, and those who offer other hospitable and inspiring places to be.