“Friends, Good Friends and Such Good Friends” is the title of an essay by Judith Viorst that, when I was an editor of writing textbooks, was in far too many anthologies that used an outdated form of writing instruction. (rhetorical modes)
It’s also a way to describe my old publishing friends whom I don’t work with [...]
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“Friends, Good Friends and Such Good Friends”
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The view from my window
I know better than to blog about work. It should just never be done, and I’m not going to start. I have to say that it’s odd getting back to the workforce. And, it’s particularly challenging starting out at the bottom wrung again. However, this is the view from my window:
All I can think when [...]
Nervous much?
I walked into my new job knowing that the company I was working for had just let go of 20% of its workforce. Then the market did this:
However, none of this worries me too much. The way I figure it, I should hopefully have at least a year of employment guaranteed, maybe less.
Yet, now that [...]