by Wanda Fischer | Jan 2, 2023 | Day in the Life, Uncategorized
Sunday, January 1, 2023…The Greenwich Village Folk Festival held an all-star–in folk music terms, anyway–85th birthday celebration for Tom Paxton. I listened to the on-line show, co-hosted by two of my folk DJ friends (Ron Olesko and Mike...
by Wanda Fischer | Jun 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
I did everything right. I was one of the first people to sign up for the Pfizer vaccination and got both of them. And still I got COVID19. I have both Pfizer boosters. And still I got COVID19. I have worn a KN95 mask to all public places–grocery stores, drug...
by Wanda Fischer | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
In October 1956, I was just about to turn eight years old. We had just purchased the first television ever in our household, which, at the time, had an antenna, a bunch of tubes, and frequently went out of service so that we had to call a repairman to fix it. The set...
by Wanda Fischer | Feb 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Turn on the news. Pick up a newspaper. What’s the top story? Will Vladimir Putin actually invade Ukraine? Will the 100,000-plus troops he’s sent to surround Ukraine begin moving in on the country he considers to be part of Russia? Is his goal to re-create...
by Wanda Fischer | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
As part of my journey in book publishing, I discovered an amazing service known as Word Refiner. I spent a week with the proprietor, Mark Schultz, responding to questions and doing an online interview with him. Mark is a great resource for authors. His website,...