One of the neat things about wondering around this whirling glob of mud as long as I have is I get to call “young lady” ladies I once had to call ma’am. And fairly often, if the moon is right, I get a hug.
One thing I learned long ago, even before I joined the U.S. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Newspapers, snow and political tradition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bush, Cheez Whiz, Clinton, compliments, election, McCain, Obama, political convention, snow on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the cool things about writing in a newspaper is sometimes readers actually talk back. Sometimes, even, they are complimentary.
I wrote a story about Charles Caldwell, a World War II veteran who, it turned out, lives across the street from me. I didn’t know that before I went to talk with him about his [...]
