2 Memory Lane, Woodbury, Connecticut*
Reading Time: 3 minutes We strolled down Memory Lane at two events: closing night of “The Fantasticks” and a concert at the Leroy Anderson House. Continue reading 2 Memory Lane, Woodbury, Connecticut*
Category: SHORT TAKES
Short (2 minutes or less) essays and thoughts of the day.
In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 17
Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog hit two records late in the week: more visitors and more views than in any year. Meanwhile, I have several books the works. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 17
We may scoop the Valley News, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every new reporter dreams of that “first scoop.” In my first weeks with a small Vermont weekly, mine came from an unlikely source. Continue reading We may scoop the Valley News, 1979
Not all was rosy, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was learning how to work with my first manager, and the lesson wasn’t sinking in. Continue reading Not all was rosy, 1979
Debut under ‘Summer Skies’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Because of Saturday’s forecast, the concert has been rescheduled to Sunday, May 21, at 3 p.m. at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury. Continue reading Debut under ‘Summer Skies’
“King Uber?” (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A writer — and a reader, for that matter — must take prose in the context of the time when it was written, not the time in which it is being read. Continue reading “King Uber?” (1979)
No small feat, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes A local seeking me out at the restaurant to compliment me on a story? That never happened again in my entire news career. Continue reading No small feat, 1979
Fairlee is getting interesting, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s always good to hear that the subjects of your news reports think you’re giving them a fair shake. Continue reading Fairlee is getting interesting, 1979
In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 16
Reading Time: < 1 minutes I continued to comment on my journal entries from my first year as a freelancer, showing the move from independent contractor to newspaper reporter. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 16
No great reflections, 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Getting “psyched” — or not — is a poor excuse for doing — or not — one’s job. If that job is writing, you can’t wait for inspiration to hit you. Continue reading No great reflections, 1979