What: I was working on my second novel (In Search of Che) and had reached page 100 when the story came to a screeching halt. I felt like a person trekking through a forest who’s lost sight of the trail. You look everywhere, but alas it’s gone. The muse had forsaken me. But, likewise, one never knows when inspiration will strike or how or why. On January 10, 2008, I ran across an article in the … [Read more...]
The Cold War: Bomb Shelter Drills
Memories, not so fond I read this post on Twitter: Making America Great Again. Bringing Families Closer Together. Bringing back the #NuclearFamily And it brought back memories of the bomb shelter drills when I was in elementary school. They were frightening, to say the least, and they certainly captured the Cold War feel of the time. As a child, I didn't understand why our teacher … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Pam Houghton
What: Freelance journalism and creative non-fiction Why: I worked in the corporate world for over 20 years but never felt I was in the right field. It didn’t help that Oprah and her ilk were always saying things such as, “Live your best life now.” But there I was, stuck in a job that felt MEH…though in hindsight I developed many great work skills, said Pam, from the sunnier side of the … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Cathryn Cofell
What: I’m a businesswoman trapped inside a poet. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it. I’m a poet trapped inside a businesswoman. Or is it the other way around? Simply trapped. I’m two women in one body. Think Freaky Friday but only one brain. What poets might call a C-lister. Author of one full-length collection, Sister Satellite, and six chapbooks of poetry. Well known in my home state of … [Read more...]
Not Everyone Appreciates the Arts: Defunding the NEA
Someone on Twitter tried to shame me for supporting the arts. On the day of the inauguration, NBC News tweeted "Got something important to say to President Donald Trump? Tweet your expectations to @NBCNews with #DearMrPresident." So I wrote about the National Endowment for the Arts: $700 billion and 5 million jobs is nothing to sneeze at, and this is a president who is supposed to be all … [Read more...]
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