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.  Ove...
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May at the Promontory

5-15-15 at 11:30 am
at the Stewart Park Promontory


  • Temperature: 66 degrees
  • Winds: 6 - 13 MPH
  • Skies: high clouds


Animalia:

  • Three water snakes
  • Mallards
  • Canada Geese
  • Gulls
  • Gnats
  • Robins
  • Jumping fish
  • A turtle
  • Starlings
  • Cormorants
Humanity:
  • People working around the boathouse
  • Walkers
  • Runners
  • Tourists
  • Sailors
  • Mom stroller gangs
  • Fishermen

I'm posting this two months after I drafted it, and without any accompanying thoughts. Here is my Promontory in May. 





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