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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Backyard Artist Date- September 2014

The summer has flown by. And yet time stood still on so many of those long days. I have been more busy than I have ever been, balancing family, MFA work, connections with community, and the occasional freelance article. It's been an incredible summer, in many ways, and I am ready to settle back into the stability of routine. So here are a few late summer photos from my backyard, with hopes that they will inspire you to step outside and see what lurks in your own backyard.






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Andrea said…
Lovely! It's good to pause from all the business once in a while and just appreciate what's going on around you!
September 10, 2014 at 10:04 AM
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