Thank you to everyone who entered this week's Blog of the Week. We had a record number of entries - of an excellent standard. More of that below, but first:
One of the things that makes a post eligible for the prize is putting a link to your post here, i.e. in the announcement post. In addition to #bow and posting in the community. This is the last time that the panel will include contributions that don't meet this criterion - especially as - yay! - the numbers of entries grows.
The usual prize and more
As you know, the prize for the winning post is 50% of the liquid payout of these posts. Because Lizelle believes that the winning posts deserve greater rewards than they earn or that they will receive as beneficiaries from these posts, she is sponsoring an additional 20 Hive for -
She will send the prizes directly to your wallets.
Oh, and because when we reverted to draft to check this post, all our advanced settings were before we posted; the equivalent of the 50% rewards Silver Bloggers will send the winnings direct to this week's winner once this post has paid out.
Would you like to sponsor next week's prize?
If you would like to sponsor next week's prize, please comment below.
The Small Print:
Do remember though, that while you will also be an honorary panelist, should you enter, you can't be referee and player, so your post will not be considered.
TL;DN(W)R
(Translation: too long; didn't (don't want to) read.... It'll just take another 5 minutes....
Get a coffee....
If you don't want to read too much, skip to the end and for the #bow winner and the new topic.
This week's contributions
It seems that this week's theme that if one could change just one thing in one's life, resonated for so many of us.
Our fearless founder and talented pastry chef, 
Regrets...perhaps...perhaps not...
With so many entries, both difficult and impractical to mention every contribution. Why not search using the #bow tag and pop over and read the contributions. Remember that even though payout dates may have gone, you can still comment and reward deserving posts by sending a tip.
Special mention
This week, one of the entries reinforced how special the Hive community is, and how the virtual world is a level playing field. Although the Silver Bloggers' community, we say, is for the more mature, over 40s, anyone can join. That's how the blockchain works. We do, though, reserve the right to enforce these criteria for upvotes and challenges. We also reserve the right to have the odd exception to the rule.
So it is with 
Goes to show that nobody's too young - or too old - to learn. Thank you, Judith, for joining this silver band of bloggers!
The silver selection - the top 3
Again there were three shining contributions. All of them poignant and bittersweet:
Not writing and now writing more
Although 
On not being there
Regular contributor, 
There is something symbolic about this picture and Carolyn's resolve at the end of her post.
Blog of the Week: a letter to a grandmother
Hello Grandmother. I'm your middle granddaughter. I'm now a senior citizen
Those three sentences speak of unspeakable confusion and pain. Three generations and how, sometimes, the quest is endless. It's a hard and recommended read.
What wins
but that's not all
Theme for the week ending 17 July 2021
This week's theme is close to home. A little while ago, subscribers were invited to pick a name that would be unique to the community.
The theme for the new week is about names. We want to hear the backstory behind your Sassy Silver name (and if you don't have one, comment below, and we'll do the rest), or your Hive handle. So, tell us -
"What's with your name?"
Future themes
If you have topic suggestions, please leave them in the comments?
Themes can be what you will and content creators will make of them what they will.
How to enter your post for the Blog of the Week (#BoW)
- Posts must be in English and obviously centre on the week’s topic.
- Prose must be a minimum of 350 words. If it’s a photo or graphic essay, the photos must be your original work and preferably with some sort of back-story to the images.
- The blog must be posted in/from our community
- Tag it #BoW - blog of the week. And follow the tag so you can easily find other entries.
- Share the link to your post in the comments of this post.
The Small Print
Although anyone can subscribe to our community, to be eligible for prizes, you do need to meet our community criteria, which are set out on our page, at the end of this post and include that you:
- are over 40 years of age, i.e. born in 1981 or before
- have a passion for crypto blogging
Deadlines
The contest closes at midnight GMT (also known as UTC) on Monday 12 July 2021 and the winners will be announced later the following week.
The panel and a bit of housekeeping
Thanks as always to the panel headed up by 
A special word for
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