As far as writing is concerned, I’m back in the saddle again
Hey, there. I’m Brooke Ramey Nelson, a native Texan, former journalist, politico, PR person and high school teacher, who joined Medium in December 2020 to get back to what I’ve always loved to do — wrassling words.
I thought about starting this essay with the traditional greeting of my forebears…
FAMILY POLITICS
Time to jump ship on the same old, same old — for now
Leave me alone.
I’m busy. Resting. Relaxing. Rebooting.
Taking a vacation from the everyday shouldn’t be so dramatic for a gal like me. I’m active, but nothing like I was back in the day. Before retirement. When what I did — or did not do —pretty much defined who I was.
A friend…
SATIRE
In fact, we’re swaddled in quite a bit of concern
I’m scared, y’all. The state of the U.S. economy has me darn near peeing my pants.
Our nation’s busted supply chain is coming for my family, and there doesn’t seem to be a blessed thing we can do about it but pray and hope for happier days, as my Nana would say.
Don’t know if you’ve caught the TV news recently, but there’s a different kind…
JOURNALISM
The good, the bad and the ugly about newspaper headlines
Some say no news is good news.
Or, all news — the good, the bad and the ugly — is good news. Others might find both of these idioms “news” to them.
When the kids were little, Moker and I conducted mini-“press conferences” at dinner. The object of the exercise was for each of our family members…
JOURNALISM
Two crusading journalists win Nobel Peace Prize — and they make the world safer for all of us
The headline — in bold, 72-point type — caught my eye and made me stop.
I picked up a copy of The Washington Post in the main office and walked slowly down the hall to Room 215. …
