As with all web content, the written pieces added to this site are “living” entries meaning that nothing posted here is safe from revision. (In fact, the previous sentence has been augmented three times since its original posting.)
If you scroll down, you might notice I made substantial changes to the piece I added earlier in the week about election day. I’d originally taken a lighter approach than what you see below, but I felt the tone was off for the significance of the moment. (more…)
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Modern technology has saved me from writing by electrical oulets or in sloppy hieroglyphics in notebooks that even I can barely decipher. The BlackBerry has created for me a transportable way to update this blog, to write outdoors so that I can absorb some Vitamin E and bypass the drafty basement and the computer terminal set up by the window well where the only inspiration is gravel and a potted plant (last summer, there was a frog, but he’s apparently moved someplace more tropical.)
I used to loathe Sunday afternoons especially in winter, because they were the days I’d swaddle myself in blankets and sit at the computer writing magazine stories. To the sound of teeth chattering, I’d force myself my frozen fingers to type louder than my chattering teeth and abandon stories before they were conplete for the warmth of my wife and our electric blanket. (more…)
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