F4Thought #134 - Privacy

#F4thought #134 ~ Privacy - How much do you value your personal privacy? 

The friendship posts were very heartwarming. It was great to read about everyone's journey with friends. Going back to childhood and right up to date with online chums too.

Spotlight Post #133 by Sassy Cat.

The topic was suggested by Sweetgirl. As she had already chosen a spotlight post in week #123 I asked the incredibly talented creator of #SB4MH, Sassy Cat if she would like to pick an article to highlight for this week.

Cat - Most of the friendships I read about seemed to have similar themes. Many did not have a lot of friends but the friendships they did have were long-lasting treasures. Friends seem to come & go often when we were younger and most of us have made wonderful online friends via Twitter and the blogging community. There were a few like myself that married their best friend, shame on me because I forgot to mention that in my post.  

When I started reading "Mince, tins and appetites" by Inigo More I wondered why was he writing about food when the prompt is friendship? That was the hook, it was my curiosity that kept me reading and wanting to know what food has to do with friendship. I was so entertained reading his description of having his first Italian dinner at his friend Gino's house.  

 "'Delicious’ wasn’t a word I understood until that evening. Within minutes of arriving, I found myself heaving ever-larger portions of strangely wonderful things into my suddenly bottomless belly. I was surrounded by a crowd of loud Gnulatis doing the same thing, although they had also mastered the art of arguing in two languages while gorging. Around nine p.m. they rolled me to the door, handed me a paper bagful of home-made pastries and I waddled home, farting and belching in juvenile ecstasy." READ MORE   

Inigo did a wonderful job hooking me into his story by combing the #f4thought meme and May More's brand new meme #FoodMatters into one post about friendship & food.  

Prompt #134 Privacy

F4Thought #133 - Friendship

#F4Thought #133 - Friendship
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It was another fabulous turnout last week and all your thoughts on Home were truly wonderful, I know I definitely had specific posts that spoke to me, but I didn’t do that roundup, that task feel to the wonderful Steeled Snake Charmer and Steeled Snake. Our next topic I’ll be introducing in a moment is Friendship but before we begin another awesome week on Food for Thought, let’s find out who our spotlight picks were. 

Spotlight Posts #132 by @SteelChrmr and @steeledsnake

Snake and I were so excited to be asked to do the Spotlight for this week’s Food 4 Thought.  It always makes me laugh when we do these because we choose separately and then use the common ones.  And negotiate for the differences. 

F4Thought #132 - Home, Place or Person

#F4thought #132 ~ Home. What does this word mean to you? Home is where the heart is..

We were really thrilled to see so many of you linking up this week to Marie Rebel's prompt of Intimacy. The writing was amazing.

Spotlight Post for #131 by Marie Rebel

As you can see Marie also agreed to choose the spotlight post. But because we had so many entries there is a spotlight three and you can find it here.

Prompt #132 ~ Home. What does this word mean to you?

F4Thought #131 - Roundup

#F4Thought #131 Roundup - Intimacy - by Marie Rebel

I think both Floss and I were very pleased when Marie agreed to do the spotlight three for her prompt suggestion of intimacy. It could not have been an easy task. We had 28 entries and all were particularly good. Here is Marie's RoundUp.

Intimacy #131 Spotlight 3 From Marie Rebel

F4Thought #131 - Intimacy: What Does It Mean To You?

#F4Thought #131 Intimacy - What Does It Mean To You?
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The turn out for our 2019 in a Nutshell prompt was fantastic, it fell to me (Floss) to do the spotlight three, because that’s our number when we get over 20 links and I will be revealing them in a moment. Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts on the past year though, you all shared some amazing thoughts and myself and May absolutely hope we see more of you return to F4Thought in 2020. 

Spotlight Posts #130 by Floss 

In a Nutshell by Eye - I defy anyone to read any of Eye’s posts and not fall in love with her writing. She has such a beautiful way of composing her posts and this one was no different. I loved her reflections on 2019 and I can’t wait to see what she shares with us in 2020. 

#F4TSpotlight 

Reflecting and Looking Forward by Zoe K - I could relate to the need to find some quiet time away from the constant buzzing that many of us have in our brains, we all have our own methods of finding the quiet and I very much enjoyed reading about how Zoe is finding her hers. 

Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020 by Little Switch Bitch - This is perhaps a tactical inclusion. I love reading posts from LSB that share her personal thoughts a little more and this one was no different and I know this is something she hopes to do more of in 2020, because it says so in her post, but a little extra encouragement never hurts, right? 

Prompt #131 - Intimacy: What does it mean to you?