It took way too long for Mother Nature, the holiday season and me, but it finally started feeling like winter.
Monday, Jan. 4, was the first snowfall of the season. It wasn’t much, at least in Bristol. There was one burst for a few minutes. (You see the view from the newsroom. That’s the Bristol train station.) I didn’t run out like I’ve been known to do, but it was exciting. Joe, the assignment editor who sits next to me, actually put on long sleeves and went outside to shoot it. He never wears long sleeves.
Garry said Yeti liked it, too…
…but many of you probably think Casey had the right idea.
Since then, there hasn’t been more snow but it’s still cold.
This was my car window, yesterday morning. Skip unless you live in Florida.
Saturday night, we went to Speedway in Lights, which is a Bristol Motor Speedway fundraiser for children’s charities. (To be perfectly honest, I got the ticket because the station sponsors it.) It’s a big event around these here parts: lots of lights, most with holiday themes, also an American flag.
You drive around the speedway and dragway property in your car and can even hear Christmas music on a special radio station. This was the last night. Garry got to drive on the actual track at the Bristol Motor Speedway!
And I was just happy to see a menorah at the end.
Contrary to what I’d been told, they called it menorah and not candelabra. There was a separate candelabra earlier.
About the author
The journalism “business” has changed — from standards to platforms to layoffs — along with the American public, and I’ve managed to survive somewhat on my own terms.I started in 1994, becoming an award-winning and respected TV newscast producer.
Even better was creatively producing websites and social media, and serving as a station's digital media manager — writing news, creating graphics and getting evidence of growing my audience here in the nation's fourth largest market, Philadelphia.
I also taught first grade for eight years. My principal saw my class website and made me electronic gradebook manager to assist co-workers when we stopped using paper gradebooks.
In 2018, I took courses and earned the Google IT Support Professional Certificate.
In 2019, I was a freelance newspaper reporter, but enjoyed copy editing and reviving the publication’s social media even more.
That got me striking out on my own with a local news website to join the blog I created, designed and write.
Ask me about all the details.
I did drive Uber to make ends meet until I started as a customer service representative at one of the world’s largest web-hosting companies, with more than 8 million customer contracts and hosting more than 12 million domains.
With classroom and newsroom experience, I know how to prioritize, analyze and take the best course of action. Getting results means attention to detail, following through and following up.
