‘Connecticut Icons’
– REVIEW – This revised and updated collection is light-hearted and appreciative. The short essays are colorfully illustrated. The overall package is part day trip inspiration, part fun facts, part show-and-tell.
‘Clueless in New England’
– REVIEW -Intrigued by the similar disappearances of two young women in New England within a few years of each other, historian Michael C. Dooling set out to examine news reports and case files to determine whether there was a connection.
NaNoWriMo Update: Halfway there
– ON WRITING -My project this year, “He Said, She Said,” is a story of a 40-year friendship between two journalists — he’s a conservative, she’s a liberal. It plays out against four decades of changes in society, politics, technology, the sexual revolution, and the news industry itself.
‘Connecticut 169 Club’
– REVIEW – Part travel guide, part treasure hunt, part social network, “Connecticut 169 Club” is a lively, entertaining and well-illustrated guide to the state’s 169 municipalities.
National Novel Writing Month returns
– ON WRITING – This time I’ll be tackling “He Said, She Said,” a novel about the career of a couple of journalists who start with a local newspaper just after the Watergate era.