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Month: December 2022

HAPPINESS, HISTORY, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Year in Review 2022 (Week 52)

Reading Time: 2 minutes It took me nearly half a century to write and rewrite the play, which became a book about writing a play and how perfectionism and procrastination are this writer’s worst enemy. Continue reading Year in Review 2022 (Week 52)

Howard FieldingDecember 31, 2022December 27, 20221 Comment
HISTORY, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

1979 Prospective

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why, then, do I intend to commit my views of the coming year to paper? Mostly so I can come back a year or more from now to see how I behaved myself. Continue reading 1979 Prospective

Howard FieldingDecember 30, 2022December 8, 20221 Comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, LIVING HERE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Year in Review, 1978

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many of my year-end journal entries and most of my year-end columns for the newspaper started with a “good riddance” lede. This was the first. Continue reading Year in Review, 1978

Howard FieldingDecember 29, 2022December 7, 20222 Comments
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Week in Review: Week 51

Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the valuable things we do as writers is to pull together the little threads that are part of our story as individuals and as a society. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 51

Howard FieldingDecember 25, 2022December 25, 2022Leave a comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

The night before Christmas, 1978

Reading Time: < 1 minutes I started my journal entry for Christmas Eve, 1978, with a trite-but-true riff on Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Doesn’t everyone? Continue reading The night before Christmas, 1978

Howard FieldingDecember 24, 2022December 6, 2022Leave a comment
HAPPINESS, LIFE, ON WRITING, REVIEWS, SHORT TAKES

Review: “The Self Delusion” by Gregory Berns

Reading Time: 2 minutes In this Christmas season, think of Ebenezer Scrooge or George Bailey, when the character sees the light and makes a radical change. Continue reading Review: “The Self Delusion” by Gregory Berns

Howard FieldingDecember 23, 2022December 23, 20222 Comments
LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

When life reflects art, 1978

Reading Time: < 1 minutes On this shortest day, a short excerpt from my 1978 journal reflects a young writer who sees a character’s tragic flaw as his own. Continue reading When life reflects art, 1978

Howard FieldingDecember 21, 2022December 7, 2022Leave a comment
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Confronting the inner critic, 1978

Reading Time: 2 minutes Another journal entry from 1978: Will I ever finish a piece if my inner critic doesn’t like it? Continue reading Confronting the inner critic, 1978

Howard FieldingDecember 20, 2022December 7, 2022Leave a comment
LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Week in Review: Week 50

Reading Time: 2 minutes A mountain emitting terrible noises was said to be in labor. But, as people watched to see what would happen, all they saw come out of it was a mouse. — Fables of Aesop Continue reading Week in Review: Week 50

Howard FieldingDecember 17, 2022December 17, 2022Leave a comment
HISTORY, LIFE

The Bubble Wrap back story (Readers Digest Condensed Version)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Suppose you were a synthetic rubber specialist who is developing a lightweight, permeable, waterproof fabric. Wouldn’t 1939 be a good time to get as far from Germany as possible? Continue reading The Bubble Wrap back story (Readers Digest Condensed Version)

Howard FieldingDecember 16, 2022December 16, 20222 Comments

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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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