writing
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The vanishing Internet prose
How can I make my words on the Internet last? Is that even possible? I didn’t used to worry about this. For most of my journalism career, I rarely thought about the future of the newspaper stories I wrote. I worried about getting the story first, right and well-written. The next week, month or years… Continue reading
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Drawing inspiration from August Wilson, and premiere of ‘The Piano Lesson’
I’m a long way from Broadway these days, but I know well one of the nominees for Best Revival of a Play: “The Piano Lesson.” As a college sophomore, I was in the audience of the premiere on Nov. 23, 1987, at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. It was completely by accident,… Continue reading
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Why I’ll Stick With Day One
One of the headlines of this week’s Apple developers conference was Journal, a diary app that will be embedded with iOS. In the early days of the iPhone — and I’ve had one for 15 years in August — I would have welcomed this. Now, I’m not so sure. I’ve a kept a journal —… 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 