May 25, 2018
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Facts are the joy — and the meat — of journalistic writing. Every writer of nonfiction or fiction needs facts: how to get them and how to use them. Come on over to P&S Press for today’s rumination on that…fact. … Continue reading
May 22, 2018
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Comments Off on “Another Beautiful Day in Arizona…”
“…Leave us all enjoy it!” {chortle!} That was the slogan of a long, long-ago governor of Arizona, a classic specimen of the state’s political fauna. The guy had been a radio announcer before he rose to the state’s highest office. … Continue reading
March 28, 2018
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Yesterday, then, I got back from the junket to the Mayo for the vaunted stress test along about two in the afternoon, having dawdled at Costco and Target on the way home. What a joke. I think. Passed with flying … Continue reading
March 17, 2018
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So you’re no doubt all on the edge of your seats: WHAT did the Mayo say about the endless blood-pressure conundrum, in the wake of the Affair of the Phantom Heart Attack? Mwa ha ha! Friday morning I stock up … Continue reading
March 6, 2018
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Comments Off on The Latest Online: Two more chapters of Ella’s Story *FREE!*
Chapter 2 seemed a little short and its ending seemed a little abrupt… So I threw in chapter 3 of Ella’s Story. So, two chapters: today’s contribution to the ongoing round of FREE offerings of Fine Literature from Plain & … Continue reading
January 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Bureaucracy as Circus
Ever hear the classic circus theme song jingling as you confront yet another hilarious bureaucracy? Of late, the Kid and I have been thinking about changing our little enterprise’s direction, away from working with individual journals and editors and … Continue reading