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Amazon, AI and maybe not-so-happy returns
I’ve spent a lot of time railing against AI over the last few months, particularly how it impacts journalism and writing. But I have to say I’ve been relying on it in one area of my life: Reading Amazon reviews. I discovered a few months ago, as I began to shop for Christmas, that Amazon Continue reading
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Black Fridays I have known
“This isn’t your grandmother’s Black Friday.” That was the headline on an email for journalists that I received earlier this week, suggesting new ways to cover the faux holiday. I wasn’t aware my grandmothers, who died in 1994 and 2011 respectively, had Black Fridays. I’m sure that they went shopping, at least my maternal grandmother, Continue reading
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Why I’m not a fan of Halloween
I don’t like Halloween.This is not something I normally tell people. That’s because most everyone I encounter, children and adults alike, love Halloween. I know this from the hundreds of pieces of candy that gets distributed from my front door every Oct. 31. I know this when the costume stores open up in August. And Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 