Pam Spaulding closing her LGBT site 'Pam's House Blend'

[Newsjock]

http://www.towleroad.com/2013/06/pam-spaulding-closing-her-lgbt-site-pams-house-blend.html

A sad day for the LGBT online community. Pam Spaulding, a veteran activist, prolific blogger, and friend of Towleroad is closing her long-running site Pam's House Blend, she writes in a post today:

All good things must come to an end, even after numerous awards and accolades, it’s time to acknowledge that I cannot continue to run on fumes alone. The Blend could continue limping along, but my health and well-being come first; over the last few years burning the candle at both ends with a full-time offline job and PHB. It has taken a severe toll — most readers have learned that I am dealing with chronic pain conditions — fibromylagia, and in the last couple of years, aggressive rheumatoid arthritis.

My decision to close the blog is just as reality-based as its content has been. If I cannot produce material at the frequency or with the same level of quality, enthusiasm and effectiveness, it’s really time to close the doors to this coffeehouse — and work to ensure it continues to have a life as an archive, a snapshot in our digital political history. Pamshouseblend.com will redirect to archives...

[MADem]

1. Wonder why she didn't try to sell it? nt

[hunter]

2. I've got old sites I won't sell.

I understand completely.

It doesn't cost much to maintain a static site that's getting fewer and fewer hits.

Maybe I'd give the sites away for love, maybe I'll be crazy living in a cardboard box away from the internet without a dollar to spare, but I'm not selling.

[MADem]

3. Wasn't that site fairly active? And with a midterm coming up, and a Prez election in four years'

time?

I don't know much about her business model, but she should have "Wonkette-ed" her site--leased it out, if not sold it. If she has medical issues it could help pay the bills.

[FreeState]

6. She did "Wonkette-ed" it

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(there was a lot of talk about it when she moved it to Firedoglake) she moved it to http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com a few years ago (rather than host it herself).

[MADem]

7. I'll be honest, I only went there when I followed a link from here.

I didn't know the culture of the site at all, but I did think it had enough juice to be worth something.

I miss the "Media Horse" (nyuck nyuck) myself, still...but times change.

[Starry Messenger]

4. Oh no!

This is a sad loss.

[AndyA]

5. What about guest writers?

Surely there must be some who would be glad to write for the site from time to time.