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A new anniversary
Just wrote and submitted my first story in 2026. Just hit me this marks the 38th year as a professional journalist, thanks to getting a full-time job when I was still a sophomore in college in the late ’80s. That’s thousands of stories and millions of words, in daily newspapers and weekly newspapers and monthly… Continue reading
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RIP
What a great actor, especially in “The Wire,” one of the greatest shows in TV history. If you’ve seen it, then you know what Isiah Whitlock Jr. could do with just one four-letter word. Continue reading
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The way to start a year
Every Jan. 1, the first song I hear every year is Artie Shaw’s “Begin the Beguine.” It’s a habit I picked up long ago, the early ’90s, when I found an Artie Shaw LP in my grandfather’s possessions headed out to the trash 20 years after he died. Cole Porter. Artie Shaw. What better way… 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 