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In Other Words … Season 2, Episode 27

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

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In Other Words … Season 2, Episode 26

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bubble Wrap will be featured in History’s “The Mega-Brands That Built America” on June 30. @history @historytv #MegaBrandsThatBuiltAmerica Continue reading In Other Words … Season 2, Episode 26

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In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 14 — ‘Intermission’

Reading Time: 2 minutes I need this time off so I can complete a history of the invention of Bubble Wrap. My interview with The History Channel is back on and I need to prepare. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 14 — ‘Intermission’

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Howard FieldingApril 9, 2023April 9, 20232 Comments
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, LIFE

Happy Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!

Reading Time: < 1 minute If it’s a toy — children and adults the world over seem to think it is — then I was probably the first kid to ever play with it. Continue reading Happy Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!

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HISTORY, LIFE

The Bubble Wrap back story (Readers Digest Condensed Version)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Suppose you were a synthetic rubber specialist who is developing a lightweight, permeable, waterproof fabric. Wouldn’t 1939 be a good time to get as far from Germany as possible? Continue reading The Bubble Wrap back story (Readers Digest Condensed Version)

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Week in Review: Week 48

Reading Time: 3 minutes Helping a friend launch her book on KDP taught her more about book publishing and me more about art. A win-win! Continue reading Week in Review: Week 48

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Week in Review: Week 47

Reading Time: 3 minutes Modern Thanksgivings are comic tragedies of tension, travel, parades, and commercialism. We put up with all this to focus on food and family. Where is faith? Continue reading Week in Review: Week 47

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Week in Review: Week 46

Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of my research into the back story of the creation of Bubble Wrap, I needed to connect the dots of how the two inventors met. I had a good timeline with documentation for Marc Chavannes, but not enough on my own father, Alfred Fielding. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 46

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Week in Review: Week 44

Reading Time: 2 minutes Research for my book and on the history of Bubble Wrap continues. Could inventor Marc Chavannes have had something the Nazis wanted? Continue reading Week in Review: Week 44

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Week in Review: Week 42

Reading Time: 2 minutes Postponing the History Channel interview let me dive deeper into the Bubble Wrap origin story. Meanwhile, the journals show I postponed work on the play for two years. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 42

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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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