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