5 a.m. Stories
Robert BaslerLifelong journalist's stories he can't stop telling himself... Romance, humor and a wide, razzle-dazzle world....
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 323 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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Throwback Thursday: Primrose, Where Life's a Holiday
(Not actually a 1950s Primrose picture. AI-generated photo)
I’m pulling out the big guns.
Today’s Throwback Thursday rerun was first posted on May10, 2023, when 5 a.m. Stories were less than two months old. It quickly rose to the very to...
Wordsmith Wednesday: Carrots, Carats, Karats!
(Photo by Robert Basler)
This is an exciting new occasional feature from 5 a.m. Stories.
I know, you miss Wombat Wednesday, but that will return soon.
Meanwhile, this is my first Wordsmith Wednesday. I’ve been working with words my who...
Lickspittles, Liars and Leeches, Oh My!
Warning: This won't be pretty...
(AI-generated photo)
Throwback Thursday: If I’m Not Mistaken
(AI-generated photo)
These days, your local newspaper — if you’re fortunate enough to have a local newspaper — probably has a dedicated space devoted to admitting and correcting its errors.
It wasn’t always like that. For a very long tim...
Boot Camp, Not as Much Fun as You'd Think!
Hoist with our own petard?
(Machine guns shoot tracer rounds into the night.)
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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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