East Side Story

Curmudeonly 74-year-old ink-stained wretch (imagine, if you dare, Wilford Brimley and Lou Grant having a love child), paid professional writer more or less continuously since 1962, paid professional editor since 1966, about three decades or so in newspapers, with some lacunae and journeys into the Dark Side (politics, advertising, catalog writing, retail sales and, for the last 16 years, chief copy editor for the behavioral Division of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [contractor, not an actual Fed]).

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Curmudeonly 74-year-old ink-stained wretch (imagine, if you dare, Wilford Brimley and Lou Grant having a love child), paid professional writer more or less continuously since 1962, paid professional editor since 1966, about three decades or so in newspapers, with some lacunae and journeys into the Dark Side (politics, advertising, catalog writing, retail sales and, for the last 16 years, chief copy editor for the behavioral Division of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [contractor, not an actual Fed]). Five years as a naval architect and boat builder. Major life distractions and interruptions: one wife, five children, 11 grandchildren; 17 years as a baseball/softball umpire; boats; European travel. Bad habits: a single Plymouth gin-and-tonic at 5 p.m. Published thousands of newspapers stories for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Allentown Morning Call, and half a dozen local newspapers over 30 to 35 years or so. Proud author chronicling the exploits of the Tinicum Township Board of Supervisors, Emmaus Borough Council, North Catasauqua Grundsow Lodge #5, and other dens of iniquity. Once sat next to James Michener at a county Democratic Party annual banquet. Four-novel series of historical (1915 to 1929) thrillers in progress.

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