Archive for the 'Writing' Category

Floggers, beware!
July 8, 2008

Oops, I’ve  done it again. The headline should read “Bloggers, beware.” Blogs are rife with  typos. Here are other boo-boos.  (Incidentally, dear readers, my age has no bearing on typos–they happen at any age.)
A stitch in time saves none.
Make gay while the sun shines.
Eat, drink, and be weary.
Teach me how to prey.
Too many cooks spoil [...]

Talent scout
May 15, 2008

One of the most colorful agebusters I’ve known was Frank Crowninshield, who helped found the magazine Vanity Fair with Conde Nast in 1913. He was Vanity Fair’s first editor. I did not know “Crownie” then , but in his last years when he was editorial advisor to the Nast publications at the age of 74.
He [...]

Busting age with words
April 30, 2008

Write a book! It will keep you occupied, fully absorbed and energized. I’m convinced that unused spare time ages people. Writing a book keeps you interested, curious, coping with the computer. You begin to feel like a 30 year-old.
Also consider this: today it’s so simple to access information. In other times, writers had to go [...]