Archive for April, 2006

Wallowing in memories

Monday, April 24th, 2006

By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here
I have never been one to tear down and throw away what was once a vital part of my life. But I have reached that plateau where I must tear down and throw away. My old, 1948 farm house is about to undergo yet another remodeling.
I say yet another [...]

Just laying out words, end to end

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

By Bill Duncan The View From Here
In the half century since I began my career as a journalist, a few things have changed but I didn’t realize how much it had changed in terminology until a friend, Charles Becherer, gave me a 1929 journalism textbook “Writing for Print,” in which he penned a [...]

What’s hidden in your suitcase?

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

By Bill Duncan The View From Here
I don’t have much luck at finding bargains. At a garage sale I spied a beautiful leather briefcase, just the thing for me to carry items I would need when traveling. Problem was it had a combination lock and the owner admitted he didn’t know the [...]

Living Proof of the Power of Prayer

Friday, April 7th, 2006

By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here
All my life I have been swimming against the tide. Here I am about to challenge a national $2.4 million study, one of those "I-told-you-so" scientific studies that disputes the power of prayer to heal strangers at a distance.
I sure wish they had asked me before they spent [...]