Interview notes on the way back to the newsroom from an assignment often found their first light of day in the little notebook. Driving and writing at the same time is a skill. 6 We wrote on newsprint those days, long sheets the size of legal pads, whitish and cheap but useful. There were noContinue reading “Adventures of an Old Newspaper Writer”
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Confessions of a “Non-Traditional Student.”
At the age of fifty, I declared that since half my life was over…the other half (arbitrarily estimated at fifty more years) would be…mine. Really it was more of a threat than a promise, but when complaining that everyone but me had been allowed to pursue a college education, and by implication, a career. “Everyone”Continue reading “Confessions of a “Non-Traditional Student.””
What is my blog about?
The title of this blog is: SOMETIMES. It is my current choice of what to call the blog…but also leads to all sorts of great topics to follow and to write about. Searching for other blogs, written by other people that is, opens an entire new field of topics dealing with the universe and theContinue reading “What is my blog about?”
Why Am I here?
Ah, the age-old question. Easy answers, but maybe complicated. I am here because I have endless blog ideas in my head, begging to be published. More to the point is that I need a shove to get this stuff out where others can read it–if they are interested. Metaphorically my brain is less like anContinue reading “Why Am I here?”
November has arrived…
Yep, it’s the first of November. It’s raining, soaking the maple leaves coating everything. My van is sitting out in the drive, waiting to get into the garage, which only involves moving a half dozen boxes of stuff from the garage so there is room for the car. Sigh. It can’t be that easy ofContinue reading “November has arrived…”
I’m only asking because I don’t know.
Welcome to my Wonderland
When Alice fell down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, she had no clue as to what to expect. She didn’t know where she was going, what she would find once she got there, and why the whole thing was happening. “What the heck?” Alice must have said. Actually the whole adventure must have been something likeContinue reading “Welcome to my Wonderland”
An unlikely visit from a Hummingbird.
My story about the Butterfly on my deck originally included a Hummingbird. The tale is true, but I decided not to stretch my credibility by putting two improbable creatures in the same post, but they were in fact on my deck under a canopy at the same time. There are a pair of the littleContinue reading “An unlikely visit from a Hummingbird.”
Butterflies and Cameras
At first I thought it was artificial, a butterfly made of painted wood, with wire legs and antennae. One of the kids had put it there to fool me, or as a surprise. I stared at it closely, and one of its legs twitched almost imperceptibly. Its black body was covered with white polka-dots, close together in horizontal rows. Continue reading “Butterflies and Cameras”
A State of Mind 