Welcome to my lovely world. Topics I tend to cover in my blog include current events, poetry and history. Have a question or comment? Don’t be shy!
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Saturday news roundup, on Sunday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Added the Scripps layoffs to the roundup, which were announced a couple months ago. All the news fit not to print! Will I start compiling this as part of a balanced media meal? Who knows. This “blog” has been all over the place as I am on a midlife exploration of what the…
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Updates and scams
I’ve updated my About and Writing I’ve Done for Work pages with my resume. Hire me! I also added a link to my Bluesky account. My nerves have settled down somewhat, and I’m able to use my brain somewhat creatively again. I’ve experienced two copywriting courses on Alison, one of which was so laden in…
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Losing it
It’s been a grim November so far. I’ve had trouble keeping it together, this gossamer it that I cup in my hands, quite broken. There’s no lack of duties I must accomplish, but I do it all with queasiness in the pit of my stomach, with exhaustion, a sense of dread and disappointment. I’ve started…
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I was supposed to work on Election Day. But this weird thing happened.
So I will be on the sidelines this election because I was laid off, along with apparently dozens of others. According to word on the street, it was another massive, companywide blood-letting, people being removed unceremoniously from the premises after years of dedicated work. “Business problems,” it was said. It was something I’d been worrying…
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Toward the finish line
We’re all looking for signs of hope.
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Progress and rumination
Hurray! I’ve made a little bit of progress today, adding a new page to this site, detailing some of the writing I’ve done for work. My big project today is relaxation and thinking about the future, which is also not relaxing but something I can’t help but do as I look around me and feel…
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