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With Howard Fielding | Celebrating Our Common Life, Liberty, and Happiness

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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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Tag: HUMOR

On Working From Home

Reading Time: 3 minutes – HUMOR – With so many people working from home for the first time, let me tell you about my first experience telecommuting.

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Schrödinger’s Kitty Comes Back

Reading Time: 2 minutes – HUMOR -This week’s lesson is a variation on the theme: How does the cat know whether you are alive or dead?

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‘Living Here’ — at a turning point

Reading Time: 2 minutes – WRITING LIFE – “When are you going to do a book?” she asked. Some 23 years later, Howard Fielding’s “Living Here” column is moving toward print.

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The Return of Schrödinger’s Kitty

Reading Time: 2 minutes – HUMOR – Schroedinger’s kitten has returned to lead us through further thought experiments, this time more sophisticated.

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National Novel Writing Month returns

Reading Time: 2 minutes – 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.

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Hair today, gone tomorrow

Reading Time: 3 minutes – HUMOR – I’ve been losing hair for years, if not decades. But to have a whole fistful of it disappear onto the floor at once? That’s drastic.

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In suspense…

Reading Time: 2 minutes – HUMOR – The message was clear as day: “Your Social Security Number has been suspended because of suspicious activity. To restore it, press 1.”

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RSVP! It’s an emergency!

Reading Time: 3 minutes – HUMOR – “Stand by for an emergency notification from CT-Alert.” They wanted us to come to the National Night Out, complete with face painting and balloon art.

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Hot Stuff!

Reading Time: < 1 minute – HUMOR -Our new portable air conditioner is scheduled to arrive Thursday by Fireball Transport. How appropos.

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The Birds and the Bees

Reading Time: 2 minutes – HUMOR -We noticed, on our first tours of the house, the bird nests. “That’s great!” said I. “We love the birds.”

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