Happy birthday, little blog
I may have said it a time or 20 that you would know I’ve been kidnapped by aliens the day I have a blog. That’s how sure I was that I’d never, ever have one. Why would I? I had… Continue Reading
Doni Chamberlain
Offer she couldn’t refuse
Note from Doni: This comment posted today by Bill Styron deserved top billing: “Corporate spin is vile and insidious, filled with slippery language designed to deceive and deflect and to protect the company from legal action. You can be certain… Continue Reading
What now, my love, now that it’s over?
Free speech was alive and well in front of the Record Searchlight yesterday. More than 100 people (some estimates guessed as many as 140) gathered to protest what many believe is the paper’s mismanagement and rapid downward spiral. Some protested… Continue Reading
Bruce Greenberg’s rally speech
Hey everyone. Some of you wanted to read the speech my husband, Bruce Greenberg, wrote for the rally and presented in front of the Record Searchlight today. Here it is: “A local newspaper has certain responsibilities. Besides being the medium… Continue Reading
Recipe: Pumpkin Ravioli
Original article Pumpkin ravioli with pine nut and chive butter with burnt butter sage leaves Pasta dough, rolled into sheets, uncut Bunch of fresh sage leaves, with stems 1/4 cup each olive oil and butter, for frying leaves Few tablespoons… Continue Reading
About that march . . .
No, I won’t be marching, but many of my friends and loved ones will. Yes, Celeste is correct when she says I implore everyone to not paint the whole Record Searchlight with one rough, critical brush. I have scores of… Continue Reading
Pumpkin ravioli
Hey boys and girls, do you know what day it is? Wednesday! Newspaper food section day! One day soon (operators are busy working now) we’ll have beautiful photographs on this blog, especially on food days. But for now, we’ll have… Continue Reading
Time’s on our side
I don’t pack well under pressure. As Mister Rogers would say, I like to take my time. Time was not on my side almost two weeks ago when the 30-something editor who’d been in that position for just four months… Continue Reading
Can’t sleep
Here’s the thing about writing a blog: it’s real time. For example, here it is 4 a.m. and the grinding wheels in my brain made such a racket that they eventually woke me up and got me out of bed.… Continue Reading
I think it’s going be good
I feel like we’re standing on the edge of something good here. Just the words “something good” bring to mind one of my favorite images: a trio of little boys (about 3 to 6 years old), peering over a Redding… Continue Reading
