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Throwback Thursday: Bone Appétit!
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It’s hard to believe it has been a whole year since I wrote today’s Throwback Thursday rerun, about the “best” story I didn’t write but wish I had.
If there are any aspiring journalists out there — and there probably...
The New Marlboro Man!
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Welp, it took long enough, but I just got my first Montana subscriber to 5 a.m. Stories!
Substack was kind enough to shoot me a picture of rugged cowboy Wyatt Slade, enjoying a hearty laugh by the campfire after a lo...
Wahoo, or Taboo? What's Up With Your Face?
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Hello, dear readers, and welcome to the August edition of Wahoo, or Taboo?
Just to be clear, when I say August, I don’t mean “marked by majestic dignity or grandeur,” I just mean it’s running in the month of August....
Throwback Thursday: Fair is Fair
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A couple of weeks ago, at the start of this year’s Indiana State Fair, I posted a new 5 a.m. Story called Smirking at the S’Mork. It was very popular. Readers liked the idea...
Our Next Vacation? Over My Dead Body!
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When our son was seven years old, we took him to China.
It wasn’t the huge deal you might imagine. We were living in Hong Kong, so it was just a short flight. It was comparable to driving from Ind...
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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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