I’m relaively new to this medium of blogging, but I do it enough to realize how much time and energy and passion it requires to create a really attractive and compelling blog that people want to visit again and again. I have a new friend in Calabria, American writer Michelle Fabio, who keeps just such a blog. But don’t take my word for it. Michelle’s blog, bleeding espresso, is a finalist for Best European Weblog for 2009.

Congratulations, Michelle! I hope you win. (You can vote for your favorite blogs, including Michelle’s, by following this link.)