Subj : Newspapers ws: More Cookw To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Wed Apr 17 2024 13:36:55 Hi Dave, DD> And I'm an old newspaper reporter/editor/publisher/columnist/etc. DD> Throw in ad salesman/graphic artist/printer and janitor. Everything DD> but photo taker including circulation manager. Ahhhh, the good ol' (if DD> not very profitable) days. RH> Dad was editor, not owner so it wasn't profitable for us. He RH> supplimented income by doing wedding, etc photos, mom did Local & RH> Personal column for the paper until I was in 6th grade (youngest RH> sibling in first grade), then she worked for the school. General aide RH> for 2 years, then moved into the library for about 20. I learned to RH> cook as part of her getting a Master's degree. DD> I started by writing an outdoors column for a Sports paper based in DD> Springfield - whilst living in California. When I moved back "home" DD> I became a jack-of-all-trades for the little weekly paper. Then the DD> owner/editor/pub;lisher had a heart problem and I was forced to learn DD> the printing trade in order to keep the doors open. After that I had DD> a college weekly, followed by a group of small town papers. And ran DD> a "job shop" printnig operation at te same time. I never got into it that much but Dad did a lot for the paper, probably more than I ever knew. I've done some writing, not a lot in the past few years (except for Fido), published mostly in a (monthly) church newsletter, but had some published in the paper as well. In the back of my brain I think about getting back to it, but it hasn't happened yet. DD> I was young and energetic. These days I'm north of 80 and getting DD> tired. I'm not there yet but times I feel much older. Other times I feel I'm too young to be this old. (G) DD> If I hit the lottery I'm going to have my dream kitchen designed as DD> the hub of my new home. Then hang the living, sleeping and home RH> office DD> space off of that. Wall ovens, walk-in reefer, dishwasher, RH> counter DD> seating for eat-in, nook for a table for six (or more), RH> etc. And lots DD> or cabinet and pantry space. I've mentally budgeted RH> U$50,000. DD> The problem with a house that fancy is that the local gummint wants DD> their "pound of flesh" every year at tax time. Bv)= Tell me about it! Wake County re-evaluates property every 4 years as compared to 8 years for the rest of the state. Our taxes more than doubled with the last re-evaluation, done last year. According to them, the house/lot is worth more than twice what we paid for it in fall of 2014 but we can't sell it for that much. Meanwhile, local strawberries are beginning to hit the market. Steve picked some up for me at the local farmer's market so we've had strawberry short cake and a riff on a salad we'd had last year in Fairbanks. Salad has candied pecans, craisins, bacon bits, feta cheese, strawberries, greens (I used fresh spinach) and a balsamic vinegarette dressing. We'll probably enjoy it a few more times before the end of fresh strawberry season. (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Wisdom consists in knowing what to do with what you know. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .