Category Archives: Personal

What I’m learning about writing

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

I have been a professional writer, meaning I get paid for what I write, for going on two decades now. I’ve been making a full-time living at it for six years now. I started with five goals as a writer: … Continue reading →

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Fathers

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

Well after a wild and well-spent weekend, both my kids are home sick. I’d promised my little girl that Saturday we could go to Thermopolis, Wyoming. Thermopolis as the name suggests, is a town built around natural hot springs. My … Continue reading →

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Buy your kids experiences, not things

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

We’re coming to the end of a longish road trip from Wyoming to Oklahoma and back, and what a trip it’s been. We spend nights on the road in our tent, though last night we splurged on a cabin at … Continue reading →

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Taking chances

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

“He either fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small, who dares not put it to the touch, to win or lose it all.” – James Graham, Earl of Montrose Recently I made one of those decisions. Yes, … Continue reading →

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Rural journalism

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

I’m a rural journalist. Meaning I’ve spent my professional career to date as a journalist at local papers that serve communities of less than 20,000 people, often called “hyperlocal” news reporting. In an odd sort of way, I’ve had a … Continue reading →

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Yom ha’shoah

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

Yom ha’shoah began on Sunday at sundown, according to the Jewish custom of measuring a day from sunset to sunset. So it ended sundown Monday. The Hebrew word Shoah refers to the Holocaust and literally means something like “catastrophe.” The … Continue reading →

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New job, new home

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

I am settling in in my new job in Cody, Wyoming, a town founded by Buffalo Bill himself, at a newspaper founded by the legendary showman. This is some of the most beautiful country I’ve ever lived in. I live … Continue reading →

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To end a life

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

“Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God, God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all … Continue reading →

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Seen from the side of the road on Monday

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

This is why I always have a camera somewhere near. I have my professional camera I take on assignment and I have a smaller camera in my glove box as a backup. I was on my way to Montevideo to … Continue reading →

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My son got his name on 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

It seems 9/11 is one generations defining memory, as in “Where were you when you heard about…?” For my generation it was the assassination of President Kennedy. (Seventh grade home room.) For my parents generation it was Pearl Harbor. But … Continue reading →

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