Long time, no write
Jennifer and Richard - Mardigras - near Louisiana
Marisa entering Mississippi
Marisa in AlabamaSo much has happened this year and I have not written in my blog much - my apologies to myself as much as to others for that. Let's see if I can catch people up.....
January - I lost my dream job. Odd that I call it that. But to me, it was. I loved writing for my home paper and still miss it alot. But, like dozens of others who have been laid off from the newspaper business, I had no choice but to move on. I chose to do so by traveling.
February - Spent Valentines Day in Mississippi. I loved the area. A whole week in Mississippi, Alabama (including a drive to Cuba, AL) and Louisiana. It was fun. I remember stopping in Alabama and seeing a little red-headed, freckled-face, bare-footed boy riding his bicycle down a narrow road. A brown dog ran after him. I loved it. So Norman Rockwell like. At Hardees with Marisa and Jennifer - I'd never been to one before.
January - I lost my dream job. Odd that I call it that. But to me, it was. I loved writing for my home paper and still miss it alot. But, like dozens of others who have been laid off from the newspaper business, I had no choice but to move on. I chose to do so by traveling.
February - Spent Valentines Day in Mississippi. I loved the area. A whole week in Mississippi, Alabama (including a drive to Cuba, AL) and Louisiana. It was fun. I remember stopping in Alabama and seeing a little red-headed, freckled-face, bare-footed boy riding his bicycle down a narrow road. A brown dog ran after him. I loved it. So Norman Rockwell like. At Hardees with Marisa and Jennifer - I'd never been to one before.March 2009 - NYC
March - Spring Break with my daughter Catherine in New York City. I finally had a dream come true - I ice skated in Central Park - a dream of mine since I was in 7th grade. (and saw it on "Love Story")
April - San Francisco - 4-day band trip with Jennifer.
May - Disneyland and California Adventure with Marisa.
June - Pacific NW - following the Fabulous Studio Band around (and wrote about them while they were in Seattle and in Everett, WA) Included side trips to Forks and Port Angeles in Washington (yes, we are Twilight fans) We did the "Twilight" tour.
July - I am currently writing this from North Carolina - where I am spending a week with Jennifer. (Cherry Point MCAS)
Richard and Jennifer hugging - Atlantic Beach, NC
I promise to return to writing again, and soon -- and I will try to keep this blog up -- but in the meantime, I did learn of Jason Evan's latest contest and couldn't help but enter. I feel everyone who enters (or reads the stories) is a winner. http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/
posted by September @ 3:04 PM
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With the way our economy is, it seems as if everyone's being laid-off. My brother had 23 years in at Ford Motor Company when they handed him a box. It took a year for him to get another job in engineering.
On a different note, I enjoyed reading your flash fiction piece at Jason's. Nice job with the symbolism and juxtaposition of colors. You're absolutely correct, anyone who participates in Clarity of Night is a winner.
Take care.
Thanks, JR. I certainly enjoyed reading all of the entries.
On a professional level here, I've been enjoying time with my family , have been freelancing for a couple of newspapers and was offered a weekly column in a local paper - I'm loving it.
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