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A general interest blog from a longtime journalist, editor, author and freelance writer who is intensely interested in reading, writing, travel, and people who have surmounted personal issues and have prevailed and prospered.
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Ha-ha-ha-happy go lucky me
“Who peed on your cornflakes this morning?” would ask my ex-wife, in her usual subtle and highly original way, when I would arise in a particularly grumpy mood.Probably you, I would think, but would refrain from saying, not wanting to throw more...
'Off with their heads -- as a modest proposal
In certain respects I envy Queen Elizabeth I, and I bet the current Queen does as well. The envy has nothing to do with those hideous and starchy round collars or the lack of dental work, but I suspect it might have a great deal to do with her predec...
Call me grumpy, but I don't ever want to go to another potluck barbecue
There was a time when we were very young, very poor and very foolish indeed, though we thought we were mature beyond our years (and especially beyond the years of our parents, had given the finger to bourgeois materialism, and we were, of course, won...
I'll try to live up to your expectations, Tanya
One of the more flattering compliments I’ve received over the years actually came from my younger brother who told me: “I like humor writers like Dave Barry but, you know, I think your column’s funnier than his is.” I thanked him for his vote...
Newspaper days across the big ditch
For the sake of Parisgirl and Jazz, both of whom expressed interest in my writing stint with the Great Yarmouth Mercury, I offer the following blog about my newspaper days in the UK.“If you dare to repeat that comment I shall be obliged to take yo...
