RIP Heather Armstrong, #Dooce Love and solace to her children. I’d go on occasional Dooce-reading jags, scrolling & laughing & gasping late into the night, er, morning.

Last fall we lost Julie Powell, of the #JulieJulia blog.

Both OG bloggers, amazing talents. Both so raw and real. Pioneers of new online genres, inspiring entire new swaths of work (parenting+lifestyle + influencer; food writing). They invented new genres and ways to work.

Bright torches, extinguished yet still shining on.