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Month: January 2023

HAPPINESS, HISTORY, LIFE

Happy Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!

Reading Time: < 1 minutes If it’s a toy — children and adults the world over seem to think it is — then I was probably the first kid to ever play with it. Continue reading Happy Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!

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Howard FieldingJanuary 30, 2023January 8, 20231 Comment
HAPPINESS, HUMOR, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 4

Reading Time: 2 minutes Max Bialystock: So you’re an accountant, huh?
Leo Bloom : Yes, I am.
Max Bialystock : Then account for yourself! Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 4

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Howard FieldingJanuary 29, 2023February 4, 2023Leave a comment
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Procrastination or progress? 1979

Reading Time: 3 minutes “Someday I will consider myself prepared to start writing.” Sounds like procrastination. But the two story ideas were progress, I suppose. Continue reading Procrastination or progress? 1979

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Howard FieldingJanuary 28, 2023January 28, 20231 Comment
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A lovely day, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes The word itself is, well, lovely, but it’s weak and nondescriptive. Yet Irving Berlin used it on at least two songs. (With videos). Continue reading A lovely day, 1979

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Howard FieldingJanuary 23, 2023January 17, 20234 Comments
HAPPINESS, HUMOR, LIBERTY, LIFE, ON WRITING

In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 3

Reading Time: 2 minutes I was also job-hunting for work in a compatible field. I procrastinated about which path to take, job or freelance. I couldn’t see the third path: to do both. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 3

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Watching the personal clock, 1979

Reading Time: < 1 minutes But I can’t help but wonder whether I’m going to have the time to get down to writing. My personal clock … isn’t set for that yet. Continue reading Watching the personal clock, 1979

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‘Girls of the Ivy League,’ 1979

Reading Time: 3 minutes Freedom of choice includes the freedom to make bad choices, choices that we might regret someday. Would I tell that to my own daughters? I have. Continue reading ‘Girls of the Ivy League,’ 1979

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Howard FieldingJanuary 19, 2023January 20, 20232 Comments
HISTORY, HUMOR, ON WRITING, REVIEWS

Channeling ‘Animal House’: Delta debut, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes It was the rightful family heir to “Animal House,” with most of the same production team and cast. Why wasn’t an instant success? Continue reading Channeling ‘Animal House’: Delta debut, 1979

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Howard FieldingJanuary 18, 2023January 18, 20232 Comments
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In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 2

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m changing the title of my weekend “Week in Review” section. Other projects include more journal entries and a nonprofit website. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 2

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Channeling ‘Animal House,’ 1979

Reading Time: 3 minutes Surprise! All three commercial television networks scrambled to put campus comedies in their lineups. And I was in a unique place to write about them. Continue reading Channeling ‘Animal House,’ 1979

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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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