Every so often I get either a question or an observation:
Are you still writing for the Reader?
I haven’t seen you in the Reader for some time.
To the first I get rather snide: Are you still not reading the Reader?
To the second I thank for noticing I have not written for the Reader for some time.
I wish I could get either of them to regularly visit this blog. I certainly had more readers in the Reader than I have for this little obscure blog.
As to why I stopped writing for the Reader Weekly, I was bumped one too many times. Why should I write 800-1200 words each week, submit them before the deadline, and then open the next edition without seeing what I wrote.
I could say more, but I don’t want to mention names.
So, although I get far fewer readers for this blog, I get to write as little as much as I want. I don’t have to wait until Thursday to see my latest tirade about Donald Trump:)
Thanks, Dave, for asking. And thanks for your own letter writing to the Duluth News Tribune. I just read your “Local View” from over a year ago.
Oh, and thanks to those readers of this blog that pass the link on to others.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Getting older with an active mind
The older I get, the longer my to-do list gets. In fact, it is so long that it seems I spend half my time deciding which item to do next.
Even then, after I do something, I am on to so many other things I forgot what I have done.
Several acquaintances have told me that they enjoy reading my letters to the editor, either in the Star Tribune or in the Duluth News Tribune, mostly the latter. Many ask we when I'm going to write something again. I've been telling them that I can only get published every 30 days, if my letter or article is accepted.
Today somebody asked me when I would have something in again, and I replied that I had submitted to the Star Tribune. But I couldn't remember what the subject was; I think in part because I moved on to several other ideas. It wasn't until hours later that I remembered it was on the proposed marriage amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.
Gosh, I wish I could get as many people who ask me about my letters would read this blog. I'm still running between 20 and 30 subscribers every day with only one or two actually looking at the full text.
Now to decide which of the seven items in my list in my composition file to write next, or should I select one of the dozen or so in another to-do list, or …
Even then, after I do something, I am on to so many other things I forgot what I have done.
Several acquaintances have told me that they enjoy reading my letters to the editor, either in the Star Tribune or in the Duluth News Tribune, mostly the latter. Many ask we when I'm going to write something again. I've been telling them that I can only get published every 30 days, if my letter or article is accepted.
Today somebody asked me when I would have something in again, and I replied that I had submitted to the Star Tribune. But I couldn't remember what the subject was; I think in part because I moved on to several other ideas. It wasn't until hours later that I remembered it was on the proposed marriage amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.
Gosh, I wish I could get as many people who ask me about my letters would read this blog. I'm still running between 20 and 30 subscribers every day with only one or two actually looking at the full text.
Now to decide which of the seven items in my list in my composition file to write next, or should I select one of the dozen or so in another to-do list, or …
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