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Long wait for a short story, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the things I’m learning from re-reading my journal entries from my first year as a freelancer is the value of a deadline. Any kind of deadline. Continue reading Long wait for a short story, 1979

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Be seeing you, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes A secret agent resigns from his service and awakens in The Village, a futuristic prison on a remote island. Everyone has a number instead of a name. Oh, yes, there’s also this strange salute: “Be seeing you.” Continue reading Be seeing you, 1979

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In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 11

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Although this series may appear as yet another rabbit hole I’ve fallen down in my quest to finish a project — any project — it has several benefits. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 11

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Procrastination, pro-cras-tin-a-a-tion, 1979

Reading Time: < 1 minutes I still sing the song today:
Procrastination,
Pro-cras-tin-a-tion!
It’s making me late.
It’s making me la-a-a-ter… Continue reading Procrastination, pro-cras-tin-a-a-tion, 1979

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Transitions, 1979

Reading Time: 3 minutes Brian Clemens, Diana Rigg, Patrick MacNee, Sean Connery, even my friends Larry and Tex, are all gone now. Ars longa, vita brevis. Continue reading Transitions, 1979

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On the air, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes One doesn’t often move from a job interview right into the broadcast booth, but that’s what my journal shows I did on this date 44 years ago: Continue reading On the air, 1979

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Nothing to lose, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the hashtag generation, in those days # meant number and @ meant at, as in 5 pencils @ 10¢. Typewriters had them on the same key. How cozy! Continue reading Nothing to lose, 1979

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… except when it’s not, 1979

Reading Time: < 1 minutes My assignment ‘crumped,’ but I still hadn’t learned my lesson. Tomorrow is not another day. Today is the most important day there is. Continue reading … except when it’s not, 1979

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Fifteen dollars is fifteen dollars … , 1979

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Stringer rates mean writers pay their own expenses. I was less than enthusiastic about another long round trip for less pay than a bag boy would get. Continue reading Fifteen dollars is fifteen dollars … , 1979

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In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 10

Reading Time: 2 minutes An author and educator friend likes this “story arc.” I hadn’t thought of a journal/memoir as a story, but I suppose the best ones are. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 10

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Howard Fielding's "Living Here" column ran for 25 years in The Sunday Republican of Waterbury, Connecticut. Now retired, he's still living here, online. Join him to enjoy sunsets, short uplifting essays, works in progress, special surprises, and the occasional trip down Memory Lane.

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