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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004Brinkley's Beat--And who are some of the great journalist writers?
I am almost 3/4th the way though 'Brinkley's Beat'. The man is a damn good writter. His treatment of Theodore Bilbo is really excellent; his creative juices were really flowing. After reading this book, I will read more by David Brinkley. "Washington Goes to War" is said to be excellent, is his personal best seller, the book he took the most time with, and has interesting views on Dixiecrats like Theodore Bilbo. Theodore Bilbo was a US senator from Mississippi during WWII who ran the committee which oversaw the District of Columbia. The man didn't exactly hide the fact that he was a rasist--in fact, he was one of the most outrageous racists to ever serve as US senator. He made international new during wwii, the worst thing about NAZIs was that they declared war on the US according to Bilbo, and he was friend to all the major anti-semites in the media. ~ Grammar studies still have my attention. Recently, I spend $132 on books and all were on on grammar, but for David Brinkley's book. I feel a new reading interst coming on. I want to read leading journalists writings. After I'm done with Brinkley, I will start anouther. Who do you think merits my attention and why? Which journalists do you hold to be best, or your favorite? On my suggestion list are: Charles Karault, Mike Royko (wrote Boss), Arnie Pile. John Freck > I am almost 3/4th of > the way though 'Brinkley's Beat'. The man is a damn good writter. I believe Mr. Writter died of a heart attack a few months ago. > His treatment of Theodore Bilbo is really excellent; I'm sure Mr. Bilbo is grateful for such excellent treatment. Or would be if he hadn't died decades ago. Mr. Brinkley is also dead. Do I detect a trend? > his creative juices were really flowing. Block that metaphor. > After reading this book, I will read more by David Brinkley. Be still, my heart. > "Washington Goes to War" is said to be > excellent, is his personal best seller, the book he took the most time [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > most outrageous racists to ever serve as US senator. He made > international new during wwii, International was old before then? And is wwii the same as WWII? > the worst thing about NAZIs was that > they declared war on the US according to Bilbo, and he was friend to > all the major anti-semites in the media. Great run-on sentence, Freck. > Grammar studies still have my attention. I hope they will survive it. > Recently, I spend $132 on > books and all were on on grammar, but for David Brinkley's book. I > feel a new reading interst coming on. We are thrilled for you. > I want to read leading journalists writings. Consider reading a book on punctuation first. Try the section on apostrophes. > After I'm done with Brinkley, I will start anouther. Well, it beats never reading anything again. (I'll give you a pass on "anouther.") > Who do you think merits my attention and why? A junior high school grammar teacher, for one. I should think the reason is obvious. > Which journalists do you hold to be best, or your favorite? > > On my suggestion list are: Charles Karault, Oy! > Mike Royko (wrote Boss), Arnie Oy. > Pile. Oy! Okay, Freck, if you've taken the battering and read to the end, here are a few recommendations (all serious): Anything by A.J. Liebling (no relation). *Up in the Old Hotel* by Thomas Mitchell. Collections of writings on sports by Red Smith and Jim Murray. George Will on baseball. *The Unmaking of a Mayor* by William F. Buckley, Jr. Biographies by Ben Bradlee and Katharine Graham. Anything by Murray Kempton. When you've finished those, come on back and give us another posting to poke fun at.  SignatureLiebs Your old buddy >> I am almost 3/4th of the way though 'Brinkley's Beat'. >> The man is a damn good writer. > I believe Mr. Writer died of a heart attack a few months ago. He died in June 2003. David Brinkely's style looks simple, is very easy to read, funny more often than sad, and is easy to follow. He can tell stories that are quite involved, that have complex angles, that have subtle cause and effect and relations; but he never fails to lead the reader or listen to better understanding. David Brinkley's chapter of 'Brinkley's Beat: The Mediterranean' is a case in point. Back years ago in the 1950s, Brinkley did short documentaries on various regoins and broadly discussed the present, the past, and the future outlook for a rapidly moderizing region. >> His treatment of Theodore Bilbo is really excellent; > I'm sure Mr. Bilbo is grateful for such excellent treatment. > Or would be if he hadn't died decades ago. Mr. Brinkley > is also dead. Do I detect a trend? You never fail to be funny. LOL. He he he... >> his creative juices were really flowing. > Block that metaphor. Do you always block words that can be sexually suggestive? Do you repress sexual thoughts a lot? >> After reading this book, I will read more by David Brinkley. > Be still, my heart. David Brinkley is a very good writer. His style is impressive. I will attempt an imprint. >> "Washington Goes to War" is said to be >> excellent, is his personal best seller, the book he took the most time >> with, and has interesting views on Dixiecrats like Theodore Bilbo. >> Theodore Bilbo was a US senator from Mississippi during WWII who ran >> the committee which oversaw the District of Columbia. The man didn't >> exactly hide the fact that he was a rasist--in fact, he was one of the >> most outrageous racists to ever serve as US senator. He made >> international news during wwii, > International was old before then? And is wwii the same as WWII? Writers who work for newspapers work under bosses who are called editor, and there is an editor called a proofeditor too. Do you know the typical job descriptions of each? Look, Robert, it is rude to poke fun at typos, minor and major misspellings, gramamatical mistakes, ect. The use.net is a chat environment, really just a slow old style internet bulletin board. Why don't you take it somewhere else? Don't you have places to find friends, to meet with friends, places to have fun to go? I really can't imagine "poking fun" at me can be such a good use of your time. >> the worst thing about NAZIs was that >> they declared war on the US according to Bilbo, and he was friend to >> all the major anti-semites in the media. > Great run-on sentence, Freck. You didn't understand it? It look a bit long, but it doesn't run on. The phrase 'according to Bilbo' could have been at the front part and not the back part of the clause. >> Grammar studies still have my attention. > I hope they will survive it. >> Recently, I spend $132 on >> books and all were on on >> grammar, but for David >> Brinkley's book. I feel a >> new reading interst coming on. Barron's: The English You Need to Know The Associated Press: Guide to News Writing Alpha Teach Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours (many lessons that take about 1 hours to read and some more time to do exercises) 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing The Oxford English Grammar > We are thrilled for you. Why do you like to use 'We'? Are you a spokesperson for this NG? Do you have a sigificant other with who has your back? >> I want to read leading journalists writings. > Consider reading a book on punctuation first. > Try the section on apostrophes. On the use.net apostrophes are substituted for italics. Italics, the use.net, not enabled. Yoda had strange style. >> After I'm done with Brinkley, I will start anouther. > Well, it beats never reading anything again. (I'll give you a pass > on "anouther.") >> Who do you think merits my attention and why? > A junior high school grammar teacher, for one. > I should think the reason is obvious. People who deal the pug teens all day get to have something wrong with them. They get crazy and quit, or become like the pug teens. You remind me of pug teens. Middleschool teens are the worst school age group. Yet, taking a class would be a good idea. I'm not in position to take classes now, but in time I will. One main interest is to finish a geography degree at Florida Atlantic University with major course work in urban transportation. I nearly finished a geography degree at the Univeristy of Maryland, Baltimore Campus a decade ago. Other interests are math tutoring for algebra, trig, geometery, pre-calulus; digital photograph, and Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark Express. Some sort of technical writing is a long term goal, but other occupations would be fun and might pay better. Wedding photograper on average pay is super compared to technical writer which has average professional pay. A technical writer might make between $30k-$90k, but a wedding photographer might make between $40k-$110k. The job I'm doing now pays well, but is stressful. >> Which journalists do you hold to be best, or your favorite? >> On my suggestion list are: Charles Karault, > Oy! >> Mike Royko (wrote Boss), Arnie > Oy. >> Pile. > Oy! > Okay, Freck, if you've taken the battering and read to the end, here > are a few recommendations (all serious): Anything by A.J. Liebling [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Buckley, Jr. Biographies by Ben Bradlee and Katharine Graham. > Anything by Murray Kempton. None of those personalities appeal to me. > When you've finished those, come on back and give us another posting > to poke fun at. I will finish up 'Brinley's Beat'. Then I will move on to 100 Ways to Imporve Your Writing, which will go fast, it is quite light. The Bedford Handbook, I just couldnt get into it. You have always been asking, "Why, Freck, do you post?" or some such. Why do you think, I bother? There is a real reason I've kept at posting to the use.net for the last 7 years, I bet you can' t guess? John Freck writes [copyedited]: > He died in June 2003. David Brinkley's style looks simple, is very > easy to read, funny more often than sad, and is easy to follow. He > can tell stories that are quite involved, that have complex angles, > that have subtle cause and effect and relations; but he never fails to > lead the reader or listener to better understanding.... Interesting, this use of the present tense. Not wrong, just interesting. SignatureMark Brader, Toronto | "One thing that surprises you about this business msb@vex.net | is the surprises." -- Tim Baker >John Freck writes [copyedited]: >> He died in June 2003. David Brinkley's style looks simple, is very [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Interesting, this use of the present tense. Not wrong, just interesting. I don't find it awkward. When a writer is described as a person writing a book, the present tense fits. When the writer is described as a person - and that person is dead - the past tense fits. I don't think you can say "Shakespeare is a good writer", but I think you can say "Shakespeare is using the forest an analogy". >I don't think you can say "Shakespeare is a good writer", but I think >you can say "Shakespeare is using the forest an analogy". But can you say *you* are a good writer? Or that you make any sense much of the time? Read the above, please. Even after inserting the missing 'as', the second part of your sentence makes little sense. Who's to say what you meant in the first part? More C**pernian gibberish. I still can't get used to it. SignatureCharles Riggs Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net >>I don't think you can say "Shakespeare is a good writer", but I think >>you can say "Shakespeare is using the forest an analogy". > >But can you say *you* are a good writer? Yes. I can. Whether or not I should is debatable from the viewpoint of both modesty and accuracy. > Or that you make any sense >much of the time? Read the above, please. Even after inserting the >missing 'as', the second part of your sentence makes little sense. Yes, I did mistype and omit the "as". If, after inserting that, you still don't understand it then I can't help you. >Who's to say what you meant in the first part? More C**pernian >gibberish. I still can't get used to it. I feel the same way about okra. > John Freck writes [copyedited]: >> He died in June 2003. David Brinkley's style looks simple, is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Interesting, this use of the present tense. Not wrong, just > interesting. Is this use related to the "police present"? Police spokesman at news conference: "The suspect enters the jewelry store, pulls out his gun, and demands the bling-bling. The proprietor removes his gun from under the display case and shoots the suspect in the head." I actually think it is not. In Freck's usage, the present tense makes sense because even though Brinkley is dead, through his writing he can still currently capable of leading a reader. The police usage makes sense for another reason, perhaps as an imagined contemporaneous narration of the events as they unfolded. I did search the AUE Google archive for discussions of the police present, and was surprised not to find anything. Maybe my search terms were not well-crafted. SignatureMike Nitabach > Is this use related to the "police present"? Police spokesman at news > conference: "The suspect enters the jewelry store, pulls out his gun, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > present, and was surprised not to find anything. Maybe my search > terms were not well-crafted. I've never heard of "police present" as a term, but you'll find plenty of hits in our archives for "historical present". SignatureBest -- Donna Richoux >> I did search the AUE Google archive for discussions of the police >> present, and was surprised not to find anything. Maybe my search >> terms were not well-crafted. > > I've never heard of "police present" as a term, but you'll find > plenty of hits in our archives for "historical present". Indeed. Thanks for the heads-up. SignatureMike Nitabach \>>> Which journalists do you hold to be best, or your favorite? >>> On my suggestion list are: Charles Karault, >> Oy! [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >None of those personalities appeal to me. Ouch. How can you say these personalities don't appeal to you if you don't know them? If you can appreciate Mike Royko, you can certainly enjoy Jim Murray. >You have always been asking, "Why, Freck, do you post?" or some such. >Why do you think, I bother? >There is a real reason I've kept at posting to the use.net for the >last 7 years, I bet you can' t guess? It's my guess, after reading your posts, that you have a genuine interest in improving your English. Frankly, I don't think you have any flair in expressing yourself, but I can't help but admire your tenacity. It's rather like me and golf. > >None of those personalities appeal to me. > Ouch. How can you say these personalities don't appeal to you if you > don't know them? If you can appreciate Mike Royko, you can certainly > enjoy Jim Murray. To 'not like' is neutral, while 'dislike' is negative. Also, I should have added that, I'm unfamilar with some on his list. I will remember, Jim Murray's, name. >> You have always been asking, "Why, Freck, do you post?" or some such. >> Why do you think, I bother? >> There is a real reason I've kept at posting to the use.net for the >> last 7 years, I bet you can' t guess? > It's my guess, after reading your posts, that you have a genuine > interest in improving your English. Frankly, I don't think you have > any flair in expressing yourself, but I can't help but admire your > tenacity. It's rather like me and golf. Yes. John Freck >> >None of those personalities appeal to me. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >should have added that, I'm unfamilar with some on his list. I will >remember, Jim Murray's, name. >>> You have always been asking, "Why, Freck, do you post?" or some >such. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Yes. You're in a rough group here if you make it that way. Most of the people here (and I do not include myself in that "most") are more than very good at grammar and punctuation. Most will forgive or overlook basic errors (like the incorrect usage of commas before and after Jim Murray's name in the above and that extra one stuck between "that" and "I'm") if you are candid about your weaknesses. When you start defending what is patently wrong you'll be eaten alive here. In matters of punctuation and grammar, it's far better here to assume that the criticism is deserved. You can defend what you think you said, but not how you said it. The "How should I have written it?" approach usually produces soft answers. Take comfort in there's something that you do that you can do far better than anyone else here can do. It's just that it's not grammatical construction. > >> I am almost 3/4th of the way though 'Brinkley's Beat'. > >> The man is a damn good writer. > > > I believe Mr. Writer died of a heart attack a few months ago. Dammit, Freck. That's not what I wrote. I do you the courtesy of leaving your words unedited, elisions (always indicated) aside. You might do me the same courtesy. What I wrote was "Writter." I wrote it because you had written "writter." You cleaned that up, too. For shame. No one reading your post could possibly understand what I had intended. And what I had intended was a pun on the name of John Ritter, television star, who died suddenly of a heart attack on September 12, 2003. The pun was triggered by your original misspelling of "writer" as "writter." > He died in June 2003. Yes, Brinkley did. That wasn't my point. > David Brinkely's style looks simple, is very > easy to read, funny more often than sad, and is easy to follow. He [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > various regoins and broadly discussed the present, the past, and the > future outlook for a rapidly moderizing region. Brinkley was an excellent writer. I enjoyed his spoken commentaries at the end of *This Week* and I have enjoyed the excerpts I have read from *Washington Goes to War*. If you could write half as well as Brinkley I wouldn't find you so annoying or treat you as I do. > >> His treatment of Theodore Bilbo is really excellent;> > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > You never fail to be funny. LOL. He he he... Well, we have to take our grateful audiences where we find them. > >> his creative juices were really flowing. > > > Block that metaphor. > > Do you always block words that can be sexually suggestive? Do you > repress sexual thoughts a lot? Do you understand anything? It wasn't the content *per se*: it was the metaphor itself, which is so trite that I would never use it other than in jest. My sex life is my business. BTW, do you have any idea where "Block that metaphor" comes from? If not, why not ask Google? > >> After reading this book, I will read more by David Brinkley. > > > Be still, my heart. > > David Brinkley is a very good writer. His style is impressive. I > will attempt an imprint. I had no idea. Are you a publisher of some sort? Or should I infer that you hope that reading David Brinkley will enable you to write like him? No way. > >> "Washington Goes to War" is said to be > >> excellent, is his personal best seller, the book he took the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > poke fun at typos, minor and major misspellings, gramamatical > mistakes, ect. Not if they're endemic. Here's something from the FAQ of this very newsgroup in which you and I are posting: "Consider avoiding ... sloppy writing (as distinct from simple slips like typing errors, or errors from someone whose native language is not English). Keep in mind that the regulars on alt.usage.english are probably less willing than the general population to suffer sloppy writers gladly; and that each article is written by one person, but read perhaps by thousands, so the convenience of the readers really ought to have priority over the convenience of the writer." See <http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxguidel.html>. > The use.net is a chat environment, really just a slow > old style internet bulletin board. Why don't you take it somewhere > else? Me? Where else could I have so much fun with English usage and those who are so bad at it? > Don't you have places to find friends, to meet with friends, > places to have fun to go? I really can't imagine "poking fun" at me > can be such a good use of your time. It's something I do for fun. And you make it so easy. > >> the worst thing about NAZIs was that > >> they declared war on the US according to Bilbo, and he was friend [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > You didn't understand it? It look a bit long, but it doesn't run on. Here's the full sentence, cut and pasted from your original post: "He made international new during wwii, the worst thing about NAZIs was that they declared war on the US according to Bilbo, and he was friend to all the major anti-semites in the media." I say that's a run-on. You wanna disagree, you disagree. You'll be wrong. > The phrase 'according to Bilbo' could have been at the front part and > not the back part of the clause. And it would have had nothing to do with the run-on-hood of the sentence. > >> Grammar studies still have my attention. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Why do you like to use 'We'? Are you a spokesperson for this NG? Do > you have a sigificant other with who has your back? I think you left out some words. The attitude this group has displayed toward you entitles me, I believe, to use the first-person plural. > >> I want to read leading journalists writings.> > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > use.net, not enabled. > Yoda had strange style. What has this to do with your omission of the necessary apostrophe from the phrase "journalists' writings"? > >> After I'm done with Brinkley, I will start anouther. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > They get crazy and quit, or become like the pug teens. You remind me > of pug teens. I don't know how to react, because I don't know what you mean by "pug teen." Google is no help. [snip much personal confession as irrelevant] > >> Which journalists do you hold to be best, or your favorite? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > None of those personalities appeal to me. I wasn't recommending their personalities. I was recommending their writing. They're all journalists and all excellent writers. Why do I bother? > > When you've finished those, come on back and give us another posting > > to poke fun at. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > You have always been asking, "Why, Freck, do you post?" or some such. > Why do you think, I bother? Why do you bother, I think? > There is a real reason I've kept at posting to the use.net for the > last 7 years, I bet you can' t guess? It's things like that question mark that drive those of us with an eye for language half berserk. BTW, the sentence is another run-on. I assume there's some reason why you keep posting, but I can't imagine what it is. Telling me I can't guess isn't much help. Are you capable of articulating an answer to that question. Why *do* you post, Freck? SignatureBob Lieblich Wasting time >>> I believe Mr. Writer died of a heart attack a few months ago. > Dammit, Freck. That's not what I wrote. I do you the courtesy of > leaving your words unedited, elisions (always indicated) aside. You > might do me the same courtesy. I edited. I don't know, I might do it again, I liked doing it. <Snip> > Brinkley was an excellent writer. I enjoyed his spoken commentaries > at the end of *This Week* and I have enjoyed the excerpts I have > read from *Washington Goes to War*. If you could write half as well > as Brinkley I wouldn't find you so annoying or treat you as I do. I hope to improve, but given the gravity that I hold for this usenet NG, or any of them, I will still take less time editing and proofing. Tf you want perfection, seek it in yourself and not me. <Snip> >>>> . . . his creative juices were really flowing. >>> Block that metaphor. >> Do you always block words that can be sexually >> suggestive? Do you repress sexual thoughts a lot? > Do you understand anything? It wasn't the content *per se*: it was > the metaphor itself, which is so trite that I would never use it > other than in jest. My sex life is my business. Yes, and I'm sorry. <Snip> > I had no idea. Are you a publisher of some sort? > Or should I infer that you hope that reading > David Brinkley will enable you to write like him? > No way. I recall that idea from high school, it is an educational idea (imprinting) that has been used at least for 2 decades. You haven't heard of imprinting' used by educators and trainers? Well, I have. >> Writers who work for newspapers work under bosses who are called >> editor, and there is an editor called a proof editor too. Do you know >> the typical job descriptions of each? Look, Robert, it is rude to >> poke fun at typos, minor and major misspellings, grammatical >> mistakes, ect. > Not if they're endemic. Here's something from the FAQ of this very > newsgroup in which you and I are posting: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > writer." See > <http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxguidel.html>. You are too worried over writter' and 'journalists'. But, this is a enjoyment, as you say. >> The use.net is a chat environment, really just a slow >> old style internet bulletin board. Why don't you take >> it somewhere else? > Me? Where else could I have so much fun with English usage and > those who are so bad at it? Teach middle school teens! Clearly, America needs people like you in our middle school classrooms. <Snip> John Freck >Okay, Freck, if you've taken the battering and read to the end, here >are a few recommendations (all serious): Anything by A.J. Liebling Motion seconded here. You'll probably have to get most of his work in second-hand book stores. Good starters would be "The Earl of Louisiana" and "The Best of A.J. Liebling." Roger Angell's writing would be marvellous too. You seconding this, Lieblich? It is no coincidence that both Liebling and Angell wrote/write for the New Yorker. \ Aokay (A Canadian from Muskoka, eh? -- resident in Prague) > >Okay, Freck, if you've taken the battering and read to the end, here > >are a few recommendations (all serious): Anything by A.J. Liebling [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Roger Angell's writing would be marvellous too. You seconding > this, Lieblich? Absolutely. > It is no coincidence that both Liebling and Angell wrote/write for > the New Yorker. The New Yorker ain't what it used to be, but it still beats just about every other American magazine all hollow when it comes to the quality of its prose. For example, tf I never went to the movies, I'd still read Anthony Lane. I think a collection of his reviews and commentary was recently published, and that's another one I'd recommend to Freck, were it not that he seems to dislike every writer I like. Hey, what if I told Freck I liked his writing? SignatureBob Lieblich Nah! >Grammar studies still have my attention. Recently, I spend $132 on >books and all were on on grammar, but for David Brinkley's book. Shirley, the man is a masochist. SignatureCharles Riggs Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net >>Grammar studies still have my attention. Recently, I spend $132 on >>books and all were on on grammar, but for David Brinkley's book. > Shirley, the man is a masochist. Humans are masochist, generally. It is because of the pain of child birth, that we have evolved a capacity to bounce back quickly from pain. No gain without mild discomfort goes the new cliche, but the reality is no people without blood, toil, and tear, and making up, and making out. It is deep in our genetics to be masocist. It effects education, humor, politics, and all manner of group dynamics. It is base, it won't go away--like a crying newborn won't go away. John Freck >>>Grammar studies still have my attention. Recently, I spend $132 on >>>books and all were on on grammar, but for David Brinkley's book. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >dynamics. It is base, it won't go away--like a crying newborn won't >go away. Good reasoning, John, but can't we say with some assurance that the pain of being rudely thrust into this world is mere child's play compared with the pain of studying grammar? SignatureCharles Riggs Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net >>>>Grammar studies still have my attention. Recently, I spend $132 on >>>>books and all were on on grammar, but for David Brinkley's book. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >pain of being rudely thrust into this world is mere child's play >compared with the pain of studying grammar? I can't say that I remember any pain when I was rudely thrust into the world, Charles. My mother rather selfishly kept it all for herself, I imagine. But I certainly do remember the pain of raps on the knuckles with a bunch of rulers by one of my teachers of English. He didn't discriminate; everyone in the class had the treatment from time to time. It taught one the meaning of 'protective camouflage' in a very practical way. Signaturewrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England > Who do you think merits my attention and why? > Which journalists do you hold to be best, or your favorite? > > On my suggestion list are: Charles Karault, Mike Royko (wrote Boss), > Arnie Pile. Add Alistair Cooke. SignatureRegards John >> Who do you think merits my attention and why? >> Which journalists do you hold to be best, or your favorite? >> On my suggestion list are: Charles Karault, Mike Royko (wrote Boss), >> Arnie Pile. > Add Alistair Cooke. That's a good one, Alistair Cooke. I remember one documentary he did on the United States around 1976, it was excellent. Since someday, I might return to over-the-road tour bus driving, I'm particularly interested in great travel journalism, and classic fiction with a strong regional attachment. That also complements my interest in photography. John Freck |
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