Archive for February, 2010
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Just Chicken
Last week I got around to writing about a proposal to allow Bremerton residents to have chickens in their backyards. I say “got around” to it because it had been on my list for months. A reporter from another paper got to it first and I was ashamed, so I had see if I could […]
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Three Minutes of Inspiration in Vancouver
Joannie Rochette of Canada lost her mother on Sunday. On Tuesday she was the third best skater at the Olympics in the figure skating short program competition. No one appears to be holding out that she’ll do well enough to medal after the long program, but Tuesday’s performance was a gift. (Click on the link […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Sports by Steven Gardner
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
‘It Is Not All They Are’
At some point in my life I came to see criminals as something other than the crimes they committed. Maybe it was the years between college and when I met Diana, where I proved that a man without a plan isn’t to be trusted. Somehow I think it was sooner than that.
In fifth grade […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Act Two: And So It Begins
Six years ago I took up blogging writing about Janet Jackson’s exposed breast. The point behind launching the effort was to learn about blogging, but also to have a history of writing available when I wrote my first book. The blog would help market books, and the books would market the blog.
On Saturday I […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Narrative Arts by Steven Gardner
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Conversion
This story in Sunday’s Kitsap Sun is one I had wanted to do for years. As it is with every story, once it was written I counted all the ways I could have made it better than it was. That’s what writers do. Despite that, it was probably one of the most rewarding writing projects […]