Workin’ Hard for the $$

   A colleague of mine posted on our SATW bulletin board recently that holidays are a non-existent commodity for freelancers.  So I know that many people who do what I do for a living did what I did most of the weekend – sat in front of the computer and wrote.

   But I’m not complaining, believe me.   Lots of people spent their Labor Day holiday laboring, and in our current job market, I’m sure very few people who were working were complaining.

   But before another traditional work week begins, I feel the need to explain why I haven’t been better at posting on my blog.

   Cause I’ve been Laboring!!!!   It’s been a crazy summer of short driving trips here and there for just a few days at a time.  In many ways, these short trips are more tiring and difficult than destinations that require hours on a plane, multiple airports, time zones and the like. 

   But I’m not complaining, because I’m getting work.  And all of a sudden, many of my stories from the past months have finally surfaced.

From our trip to Costa Rica, click here.    I like this story and for all of my MTWA friends, “watch out.  This one is gonna be an award winner in Baton Rouge.”

I’ve done some volunteer work for the MTWA website.  Check out the “Travel Tips” section for ideas of where to go, what to do, via the lenses and stories of my MTWA colleagues. 

Another thing that is taking up a lot of time is our teddy bears.  Yes, you read that right – teddy bears.

   Bruce and I are very involved in a geography education program with SATW where we connect teddy bears with writers with classrooms around North America.  It’s kind of a Flat Stanley thing, but ours is so much better. 

   Anyway, one of our bears is taking off very soon on a five week driving adventure across the United States, and what makes this little bear special is that she is in a wheelchair, sharing with physically disabled children the concept that they can indeed go anywhere and do anything they want.

   The bear’s name is Cherrie and you can follow her travels here.

So I’ve been busy, but so have a number of my colleagues, who I’m sure are just as grateful as I to do the work we do on Labor Day or any other day.