Springfield boy
To earn his readers’ indulgence, a writer must take care that articles about himself be of exceptional literary quality or recount exceptional experiences, preferably experiences that impart wisdom that can be shared or—better, in my opinion—anecdotes that can be appropriated as one’s own.
These sort-of reminiscences satisfy none of those criteria. My personal column-writing maxim was to never write about anything I did not find interesting, and never, ever write about anything that really means something to me. Still, my life in Springfield life offered its odd or amusing moments, and most readers will be grateful that they reveal more about the place and the time than about me anyway.
Reviewing these pieces, I was reminded that Springfield has never inspired first-rate-memoirs. [MORE LATER MAYBE.]
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A trek across a cornfield and hundreds of years "Dyspepsiana" Illinois Times November 13, 2014
Life with Illinois governors around the corner
“Prejudices” Illinois Times July 11, 1980
The Krohes play Johnny Appleseed and get it wrong
"Dyspepsiana," Illinois Times, July 24, 2014
I try to be sophisticated. In Atlantic City.
"Prejudices" Illinois Times November 10, 1983
Gardening lifts up the author, then lets him down
“Prejudices” Illinois Times August 25, 1983
The author ponders the problem of home
“Prejudices” Illinois Times July 23, 1987
A Memorable and Happy Occasion
I pass up a chance to be 17 again
“Prejudices” Illinois Times May 23, 1991
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