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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late September, 1986
Monday, September 22, 1986 5 PM. In an hour, I’ve got Prof. Cook’s class. I’ve been so busy today that I haven’t been able to get around to reading USA Today or the Fort Lauderdale paper, and I still...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early October, 1986
Thursday, October 2, 1986 10 PM. This morning I exercised and watched the Oprah Winfrey show, which featured a panel of agoraphobics: people who suffer panic attacks. One woman, who had to be...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-October, 1986
Sunday, October 12, 1986 8 PM. It’s Yom Kippur. Earlier, I tried to call Grandma Ethel, but she must have gone to Tillie and Morris’s for dinner; I’ll try later. An hour ago, once the sun went down...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late October, 1986
Friday, October 17, 1986 7 PM. Sometime when I wasn’t looking, my good humor and cheerfulness returned. Perhaps it’s the weather. With Wednesday’s torrential rain and wind came the long-awaited-for...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-November, 1986
Wednesday, November 12, 1986 8 PM. One of my worst traits is an inability to suffer fools gladly, and as the years go by, with everyone getting stupider, this will become an increasing problem for me....
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late November, 1986
Friday, November 21, 1986 4 PM. Last night Patrick called to remind me that I’d agreed to read tonight at some affair he and Jim are putting on at Broward Community College’s South Campus. I’ll be...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early December, 1986
Tuesday, December 2, 1986 8 PM. Tomorrow is the last day of my Computer Literacy workshop at Palm Springs Elementary. I’ve prepared the final evaluation for the students as the component from the Dade...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early November, 1986
Saturday, November 1, 1986 7:30 PM. Well, it’s the final weekend before the election, and like the true political junkie that I am, I’ve been following the campaign carefully. And I’ve been as annoyed...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-December, 1986
Wednesday, December 10, 1986 3 PM. It’s a blah kind of day. I just exercised, so I feel better than I did earlier. Last evening I called Marvin and we made tentative plans for Saturday night, but...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late December, 1986
Saturday, December 20, 1986 7 PM. Last night I spoke to Josh, who asked me if he should go to work at Paramount as a RAMIS programmer or take a reporting job at Fairchild’s MIS Week. When I told him...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early January, 1987
Friday, January 2, 1987 4 PM. While I’m feeling stronger, I’d better write. I just took a shower and changed out of my sweat-soaked underwear into a fresh pair. Mom finally called and said she’d be...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-January, 1987
Monday, January 12, 1987 9 PM. I just got home, and I’ve got a splitting headache. Either the flu still has me weak or I’m not used to working, but today really stressed me out. While I coped...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late January, 1987
Thursday, January 22, 1987 10 PM. It was warm and sunny this morning, but a cold front moved into South Florida about noon, bringing with it deeply dark skies, howling winds, and torrential rain. I...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early February, 1987
Monday, February 2, 1987 9 PM. Mondays are long days, and I’m tired, though sleeping only four hours last night didn’t add to my vitality. Still, I got through the day with no trouble, and now I’ve...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-February, 1987
Thursday, February 12, 1987 9 PM. Today’s weather was just about perfect: the sky was cloudless, the high temperature about 73°. After a spate of cool days, it felt like one of those days in New York...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late February, 1987
Saturday, February 21, 1987 8 PM. I decided to come back to my apartment this evening, if only to go outside at 6 PM. the first time I was out on one of the winter’s warmest days. I spent most of the...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early March, 1987
Sunday, March 1, 1987 3 PM. March already. Yesterday I called Grandma Ethel to wish her a happy 77th birthday. She hadn’t been feeling well, she said. As usual, Mom forgot to send her a birthday card....
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-March, 1987
Friday, March 13, 1987 2 PM. As I expected, last night I slept like a baby in order to make up for the previous night’s lack of sleep. I went over to Davie for dinner – Italian food – and then decided...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late March, 1987
Sunday, March 22, 1987 8 PM. Well, I’ve got a full week facing me. I start that computer literacy workshop on Wednesday, and I’ll be teaching on Thursday, too, though I think I’ll manage that with no...
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A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early April, 1987
Friday, April 3, 1987 9 PM. Last night I made the mistake of reading about 60 pages in my Roman history text before going to bed. I ended up obsessing about what I’d read, and the names of emperors –...
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