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Category: HAPPINESS

These are some of the things that bring me joy. I hope they’ll do the same for you.

FICTION, HAPPINESS, LIFE, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Top-of-the-head inventory, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Items in Stock” was, in truth, a misnomer. Some were complete, or ready for a final draft or a rewrite. Others were ideas or characters in search of a plot. Continue reading Top-of-the-head inventory, 1979

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A dead-end job? (1979)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Now, Howard. Listen carefully. It’s important to be honest with a potential employer. But there’s such a thing as being TOO honest. Continue reading A dead-end job? (1979)

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The end is in sight, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes Returning to the fraternity house, which alumni sometimes did, was a Really Bad Idea. I was already spending way too much time there. Continue reading The end is in sight, 1979

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Woodward-Bernstein stuff, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes News is the first draft of history. Reading a journal, day by day, is much like following a story, news cycle by news cycle. Continue reading Woodward-Bernstein stuff, 1979

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In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 18

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Memorial Day weekend has always perplexed and frustrated me. The Monday holiday law turned a day of remembrance into “unofficial start of summer.” Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 18

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I’m overworking, 1979

Reading Time: < 1 minutes How am I going to work for newspaper, the hospital PR office, and the entertainment journal? Sleep less? Commute less? Continue reading I’m overworking, 1979

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A long day, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes The boss was playing to my vanity. He complimented me and seemed interested in keeping me around because he was losing other staff. Continue reading A long day, 1979

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Don’t buy the liverwurst!

Reading Time: 2 minutes But that big hunk of liverwurst has been there since October 1st, and today is the 23rd of May! Continue reading Don’t buy the liverwurst!

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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’

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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

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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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