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Former Chattanooga Times publisher Paul Neely visited me in 1994 and asked me to write this column. I said, “I will try it for six months. If I like it and you like me, I will continue.”
I have loved it. It keeps me in touch with the people the way being county executive did. The feedback, good and bad, and the sharing it stimulates keep me feeling alive and a part of the life of this great community.
That’s not to say it is easy. As one reader said, “The best writing is bleeding on paper.” I think she meant the times we pour out our very soul in our writings. For me, one of my hardest times is when I bleed before getting anything on paper. Times when I am dry and idea-less.
Fortunately, such times are rare. When they come, something or somebody pops into my life and strikes a match to my little dry wick. Today it was Linda Gant.