The End

I recently published my first edited book,  Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Staff Anthology ,  with  Small Harbor Publishing . It's an anthology of writing from  Literary Mama  staff over the past 20 years. It's a beautiful collection and I am proud of the writers and proud to share the book.  It seems a fitting moment, as I pondered sharing about the book here on the blog, to reflect on my life as a blogger, and acknowledge that it is time to officially end this blog.   I started blogging in about 2007, when my baby was learning to toddle, when I was learning how to be a mother and stepmother, when I was just starting to see my way as a writer. I needed it back then. I craved it. I had a variety of blog iterations--family, art, creativity, writing things I delved into. There's a freedom in blogging, a casualness, an easy familiarity that's lacking (for me anyway) in other kinds of writing. I loved blogging and the words came pouring out.  Over the years since then, some
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a writing gig

Well, I didn't get to writing a decent blog post today.  I hesitate to say that this is what the summer will bring.  I did however begin another blog...  no- not for me, but one for a local business who is paying me to write their bloggy!  I guess you could say this is my first paid writing job.

The store is called Funky Junk- and they opened a few months ago down on the Ithaca Commons.  They've got everything from knick-knacks and pillows, to paintings and dressers.  Check out their new blog for a few more of my words, and all the info on their stellar local business.

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