What Helen Thomas Taught Me

I was a newspup, just twenty-four and working the night shift solo at United Press International’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota, bureau in October 1980. You couldn’t have told me I was young then, though. I’d been on the job for two-plus years and considered myself a

Of Following, Flaws and All

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. A hot summer night at an out-of-the-way Italian restaurant. Good food. Good wine. A friend and I are catching up on our lives and what we’re reading. I mention I’ve… Continue reading Of Following, Flaws and All