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Ginny Bartolone's Blog of Many Years

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  • New Offbeat Bride Publication: Top 5 joys of attending a wedding after yours is over

    Woohoo!  The Offbeat community has been very welcoming and supportive.  I highly recommend wandering around their sites.  Here is a version of my recent post on Offbeat Bride: Top 5 joys of attending a wedding after yours is over

  • Greetings from Wildwood

    I have an unnatural attachment to the Great Egg toll booth plaza on the Southbound side of the Garden State Parkway.  Anyone who has spent their lives traveling to the southern tip of the Jersey Shore understands this feeling.  After the inevitable Union County traffic, the pushy crowds of the Atlantic City rest stop, and…

  • The Financial Diet Publication

    Publication saves the day! Today started out with me throwing my tea mug across the room and ruining my work laptop. So to say the least, finding out that The Financial Diet published my article about Backwards Budgeting significantly turned the day around. I really enjoy these ladies, so I highly recommend wandering around their…

  • Elite Daily Publication

    Yahoo!!  Okay, I am new to this whole getting published thing so I am still celebrating every time it happens. This is an article I wrote on a whim.  I recently became a contributing writer to Elite Daily, and their “trending topic” of the week was “Traveling without Technology.”  So I wrote this in about…

  • Offbeat Bride Publication

    It’s been a very strange day (see prior post for more details) but I got some wonderful news last week that Offbeat Bride picked up one of my articles on wedding planning.  I have always loved this site.  It takes away the stereotypes and pressures placed on brides and weddings.  I was so honored to…

  • Blogging with Artistic Integrity

    Fair warning, this is a bit of a rant… For the past several weeks I have been throwing my energies into incorporating this blog into my career.  It’s always brought me joy, and as I’ve said many times, it’s helped me grow as an artist overall.  And yet, I completely accept that I know diddly…

  • I was published again! Yahoo!

    Good morning!  It’s been a great week for elephants! This month I have been breaking out of my comfort zone and submitting to websites that I find inspiring.  I recently wrote to the Elephant Journal, and what do you know, they are a very encouraging group of people!  Of course they are, they’re whole site…

  • Send me a message!

      Photo credit: Claire Higgins With the recent influx of followers, I thought it was finally a good idea to add a “Contact Me” page!  If you have feedback on my writing, the layout of the blog, questions for me, or any advice on writing opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact me.  I would…

  • The Benefits of Being a Multi-Artist

    Feeling artistically stagnant and starved is something I didn’t understand when I was little.  If I was in a grouchy mood for days at a time, I was often told, “You just need a show!”  But I didn’t truly understand the validity of this until my twenties.  I did legitimately need to do something artistic, to…

  • A Personal Milestone! 100 Followers!

    Happy Friday everyone!  I wasn’t planning on posting today but last night I hit 100 followers!  THAT’S SO NEAT!  I know in the scheme of blogging, 100 is not a huge number, but to me, that is wild.  I started off writing in 2010 and was amazed that even my closest friends wanted to read it.  So…