At the end of December, I retired as a university journalism teacher and look forward to returning to my true love, real journalism. Since very little of that exists in today's marketplace, the 'net will be my target.
At the moment, I'm still guiding several MA students through their theses, but when they finish, I'm back to my own writing. My main project is a small book (under 300 pp.) explaining how the United States evolved over the 20th C. to become the nation is is now. Your thoughts on that are welcome, though my main question for the forum is this:
How did I ever find time to go to the office and to class? I exercise 3 hours 3 times a week and 90 minutes on the other four. (My 12-year-old Shih Tzu gets 90 min. a day walking in the park, come rain or shine.) I spend too much time on email and reading online in addition to reading my two local dailies. I make my own soy beverage (it is NOT milk!), eat vegan and organic. Fixing food takes a lot of time.
My other big question is this: I want to live in Latin America. My original plan was to live in Saltillo, Mexico (a lovely city), but the drug wars are scaring me away for now. My new favorite is Rio Dolce, Guatemala. I know many close-by CA & LA nations other than Costa Rica are cursed by wars between drug lords managing the flow to the US, but I'd like to avoid as much turmoil as I can.
Feel free to send your thoughts on any of these topics or any you think of.
At the moment, I'm still guiding several MA students through their theses, but when they finish, I'm back to my own writing. My main project is a small book (under 300 pp.) explaining how the United States evolved over the 20th C. to become the nation is is now. Your thoughts on that are welcome, though my main question for the forum is this:
How did I ever find time to go to the office and to class? I exercise 3 hours 3 times a week and 90 minutes on the other four. (My 12-year-old Shih Tzu gets 90 min. a day walking in the park, come rain or shine.) I spend too much time on email and reading online in addition to reading my two local dailies. I make my own soy beverage (it is NOT milk!), eat vegan and organic. Fixing food takes a lot of time.
My other big question is this: I want to live in Latin America. My original plan was to live in Saltillo, Mexico (a lovely city), but the drug wars are scaring me away for now. My new favorite is Rio Dolce, Guatemala. I know many close-by CA & LA nations other than Costa Rica are cursed by wars between drug lords managing the flow to the US, but I'd like to avoid as much turmoil as I can.
Feel free to send your thoughts on any of these topics or any you think of.