From 1983 - 1986 I wrote a weekly column for a small hometown paper as part of my first professional job out of college. I wrote about my family, my then husband, anything that caught my fancy. Given the speed of today's communication, my obligation to write a weekly column seems quaint. So why now, after (OMG!) 23 years do I take up this public form of expression?
Part of the answer comes from realizing I am talking to myself more and more. The sons who didn't exist during my column years (and would have been more than enough subject inspiration if they had) all grown and gone. I was lucky to have raised two intelligent, curious and talkative boys that conversation was a major part of our time together. And while I am in a wonderful relationship now - that includes many great conversations - there are things I want to comment on that he is just not interested in. (Don't worry, it goes both ways.)
So this is my answer. The original "Small Talk" is a collection of fading news clips archived in a three ring binder somewhere in my basement. This, I realize is more permanent and more fleeting than those missives. And that is why I am at it again.
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