Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • That’s how much time I spent writing this story about the Eugene school district budget after a board meeting that ended at 9 p.m. My editor wanted the story by 10:30 p.m. After a couple of quick, post-meeting interviews and driving back to my place it was 9:45 p.m. I hit the send key at…

  • Love his description of his Sanpete County nanna. Kirby: This troglodyte can keep pace with technology | The Salt Lake Tribune.

  • We writers hold it in such low regard. Yes, I know, a strong verb has more muscle than a modifier. “He yelled,” packs more punch than: “He said loudly.” And yet, listening to my nephew Logan reading the opening pages of a “Harry Potter” book this past holiday, I was struck by how fond J.K.…