{"id":3879,"date":"2011-05-13T10:38:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T14:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2011-05-13T10:38:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T14:38:36","slug":"om-time-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/om-time-place\/","title":{"rendered":"OM :: The Time and Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/550-canning-scallop-close-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"canning tags\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/550-canning-scallop-close-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/550-canning-scallop-close-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/550-canning-scallop-close.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It&#8217;s the time of year when I feel myself being pulled to New York City and the Jacob Javits Center.  If you make, buy or just love paper, the National Stationery Show is the place to be.  But, alas, I will not be there.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI have walked the floor of the show the past two years, (reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/national-stationery-show-2009-part-one\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/national-stationery-show-2009-part-two\/\">here<\/a> for 2009 and <a href=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/national-stationery-show-in-photos\/\">here<\/a> for 2010, if you&#8217;re curious.)  Not showing is a difficult decision, but I feel in my bones, that it is the right one (even if that little voice in my head is sighing heavily.)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMy moment is not just feeling right in my difficult decision, but realizing that I am maturing with my business.  I&#8217;m feeling smarter and savvier and willing myself to be patient for the &#8220;right&#8221; time and place.<\/p>\n<p>\n<center>:::<\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamodestuffblog.com\/2010\/04\/organizing-meet-up-om-one-moment-wanna.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft height=\" src=\"http:\/\/i748.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx125\/alamodestuff\/OM_alamodemeetupbutton.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"om [one moment] meet up\" width=\"139\" \/><\/a>OM is *one moment* and is a meetup designed to notice &amp; relish a moment in everyday life.  The meetup idea was created by Linda at her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamodestuffblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a la mode stuff<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;d like to participate in OM, just click the button and you&#8217;ll be taken to Linda&#8217;s post explaining it all.<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/om-time-place\/\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the time of year when I feel myself being pulled to New York City and the Jacob Javits Center. If you make, buy or just love paper, the National Stationery Show is the place to be. But, alas, I will not be there. 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