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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The Armadillo Trail

I know nothing about Armadillos. Nada. But I picked up the book The Armadillo Trail by Stephen R. Swineburn, illustrated by Bruce Hiscock, because it looked like the kind of book I would want to write.

 It turns out it is.

 It is a beautifully illustrated story about the life of an armadillo. We follow a small family of female armadillos for several months, as they work to find food and survive the predators of the desert. Eventually, one of the youngsters breaks away and begins to head north to find her own life and mate. 

 The facts tend to make it a little on the heavy side for me, but my seven-year-old science-minded son loved it. Out of several animal themed picture books we read recently, this was his favorite. Additionally, there are two pages at the back of the book, where you can read even further about the life of an armadillo. As with all books from Boyd's Mills Press, I trust that the information presented here is accurate and sound. I was glad this book, and the armadillos in it, crossed my trail, because it broadened my understanding of the world, just a bit by reading it.
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Comments

Sue Heavenrich said…
I love Steve Swineburne's books - he writes so well and brings nature up close.
May 17, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Roberta said…
Armadillos are so interesting, yet we don't see books about them very often. Nice!
May 18, 2013 at 5:35 PM
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