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Watching the world wake up from history
I was born during the Vietnam War, came of age in the Cold War and 9/11 was a pivotal moment of my adulthood. The 21st century hasn’t been that great a time and it doesn’t look any better anytime soon. At least I got to see the end of the Cold War. It didn’t end… Continue reading
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“Are You So Blind That You Cannot See?”
Being a devoted BBC World Service listener, I already knew who Nelson Mandela was and apartheid before The Special AKA came out with “Free Nelson Mandela” in 1984. But what made this song was that a whole lot of people knew about Nelson Mandela after hearing it. I have come back to “Free Nelson Mandela”… Continue reading
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Hemingway weighs in
Too busy on Day Two of NaNoWriMo. I easily cleared the 1,667-word quota by the time I got to work Monday morning. In the meantime, here’s something I’m thinking about as I write today. Words of wisdom from Ernest Hemingway: “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that… 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.
