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‘Masters of the Air’
I watched with interest the promo for “Masters of the Air,” the new miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg on Apple TV+. What it depicts is part of my family history. My grandfather was a B-24 and B-29 aircraft commander and instructor pilot. He didn’t fly in Europe, but still “Masters of the Air”… Continue reading
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On Jon Franklin and writing through the years
Jon Franklin, professor and author of the classic “Writing for Story,” died last week. Don Murray and Roy Peter Clark more directly influenced and inspired my writing and editing. But I learned from “Writing for Story” and especially “Mrs. Kelly’s Monster,” which ran in The Baltimore Sun in 1978. Something Franklin said years ago really… Continue reading
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The information backup
Imagine all of the world’s knowledge on one computer disc, just in case. Well, you don’t have to imagine it. A nonprofit, the Arch Mission Foundation, has actually done it multiple times. “Our modern civilization, the most technically advanced in human history, has no backup,” the Arch Mission Foundation says on its website. “If a… 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.
