5 a.m. Stories
Robert BaslerLifelong journalist's stories he can't stop telling himself... Romance, humor and a wide, razzle-dazzle world....
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Fellini Friday: Just Play Along, Please...
(Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita, 1960, colorized by AI)
I know, I know, you came here today looking for my Feline Friday feature, with cute photos of my newest foster kittens.
And what did you find, instead? Actress Anita Ekberg, holding...
You've Been a Lovely Audience...
(Heather Cox Richardson shows 5 a.m. Stories on her tablet. AI-generated photo)
I just got some big news, and I want to share it with my dear readers.
Substack informed me yesterday that in the 40 months since I launched my 5 a.m. Stories...
How you Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm, After They've Seen Paree?
(Janet Flanner and Ernest Hemingway at Les Deux Magots in Paris, 1945)
I think when you grow up somewhere, you just can’t help being a bit curious about the other folks who have called that place their home.
You all daydreamed under the...
Feline Friday: The Fog Comes on Little Cat Feet
(Foster kitten Fire Lily lectures the dogs on how things are going to be from now on.)
When I posted my first Feline Friday feature, three weeks ago, I had no idea what a critical shortage we were facing.
I want to do my part to help, so...
Throwback Thursday: Make Yourself at Home
(Jackson hosts a Sunday brunch.)
It’s funny how some things in life keep swirling around aimlessly until they land in just the right sequence, which is what I was getting at in today’s Throwback Thursday rerun from one year ago.
I was wr...
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Lifelong journalist, more than 30 years with Reuters, a wealth of experiences from interviewing Kurt Vonnegut to Dolly Parton, and much, much more. Traveled the world, now living in a historic Tudor home haunted by an actual Baroness.
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