Bright moments from real life, satire, parody and other things to tickle the funny bone.
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m very excited with the progress and potential of my new position. Ideas are flowing. Things look good. This week’s paper looks excellent … Continue reading Journeyman Journalist, 1979: Enjoying the role
Reading Time: 2 minutes He could be wordy, but Henry Fielding was a wit, a charmer, and a roué. He loved roasting critics. I felt a kinship with him. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Oh, Henry!
Reading Time: 2 minutes I wanted to write a story that would be paced with the playing time of a piece of music. After all, song writers do it all the time. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Musical notes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Later in my career I would learn that an important part of being an editor is teaching the craft to others and mentoring them. Continue reading Journeyman Journalist, 1979: ‘Teach me to write like you’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes the hats of journalist and fiction writer can overlap. Covering a local disaster led to ideas for a short story. Continue reading Journeyman Journalist, 1979: Bridging the gap
Reading Time: 2 minutes With a brown-and-yellow bathroom theme, I was no interior decorator. And that Woody Allen poster was a bad role model for a writer. Continue reading Journeyman Journalist, 1979: Settling in
Reading Time: 3 minutes My TV debut on History’s “The Mega-Brands That Built America” launched Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern. Like Rick in Casablanca, I was misinformed. Continue reading In Other Words … Season 2, Episode 28
Reading Time: 3 minutes Catch me on the “The Mega-Brands That Built America” this Sunday. It streams the next day.@history @historytv #MegaBrandsThatBuiltAmerica Continue reading In Other Words … Season 2, Episode 27
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a silly summer in a silly place, but students at highly competitive schools know that silliness is a great stress-reliever. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A silly place
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is the glass half-full or half-empty? When it comes to solstices and human lifespans, I think about the latter. Continue reading In Other Words … Season 2, Episode 22
