Summertime ... and the livin' is easy?

Hi there! It's me again -- Lorin -- trying to figure out which end is up in this topsy-turvy summer.

I hope you all enjoyed Brittany’s inaugural blog. I love her writing, and her voice. The same goes for Anne. I believe Gen X is one of the best things that's happened to us baby boomers.

I’ve been lax about posting lately, as you may have noticed. Life picked up steam after I came back from France.

Like Brittany mentioned, I was filling in for a copy editor at USA WEEKEND Magazine. This last week I was gearing up to return to The Fairfax Times, a weekly suburban newspaper where I worked until last August.

Post-Newsweek Media Inc. bought The Fairfax Times and took ownership June 1, rescuing it from annihilation and announcing plans to expand. What could be better? I get to do the work I love -- journalism -- with people I already know and admire. Really, a paper that is growing and adding staff in this economy, while venerable newspapers are dropping like flies? Well, it’s a miracle.

Anne, Brittany and I are determined to keep Chatterlines going, though, despite our day jobs.

On a final note, as I mentioned in my first post, my youngest son has cancer. He's back in treatment, and over the last month concerns about his care have pushed more creative thoughts to the back corners of my mind.

But he's charging ahead, and now that I've regained my emotional equilibrium, I intend to do the same. As soon as I get my feet back on the ground ...

More to come. I promise.

© 2009 by Lorin D. Buck