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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People

People. What can you say about People? They're big, they're small, they're wise, they're foolish, they're ugly, they're beautiful.  They are people. 

 People are human, and Peter Spier captures the essence of this humanity in his wonderfully illustrated picture book. Each page explores through few words and many pictures, the ways that we humans are so very different- such as different noses, languages, or the way we play. But through all these differences, Spier reminds us of the underlying truth that we are actually all the same- we all have a nose, communicate through some language, and like to play.

 In 1980 when this book was published there were 6 billion people on Earth. Now 33 years later we are shooting up past 7 billion and counting fast. That's a lot of people on one little planet. We are all so different, and we don't always like each other, but it is essential to our survival that we respect all those others. Because we are different.  Because we are all the same. Because we are People.

Comments

Sue Heavenrich said…
My kids loved this book!
March 1, 2013 at 6:12 PM
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