Technically speaking, the check is gone before I even get it in the house. Some of you will swear the past is back to haunt you. Others will admit, at least in private, that you think the good old days are here again. One aspect of this softer economy that doesn't make headlines in many newspapers is its effect on our own industry. The question was simple, yet it caused a bit of a panic.
Some queries have answers begging to find their way into words.
Others create only further questions. In newspapering, I'm learning, perception drives readers to jump to conclusions, and, since those conclusions are their own, they must be right. I had applied to be an extra. The movies were coming to town, and I wanted a piece of the action. This was the last of our 50th anniversary celebrations, a family party.