by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 1, 2012 | Editing, personal reflections
New Year’s resolutions have never been my strong suit. Well, keeping resolutions has never been my strong suit; I can make resolutions with the best of them. Nevertheless, as we begin 2012 and eDitmore enters its second year, I’m going to make a few resolutions and...
by Tammy Ditmore | Nov 23, 2011 | personal reflections
I think if you maintain any kind of blog, you are more or less required to post a “what I’m grateful for” list at Thanksgiving. My life is filled with blessings, and I could fill several screens without coming close to counting them all. But in this space, I have...
by Tammy Ditmore | Oct 19, 2011 | Alzheimer's, personal reflections
My father never practiced writing or editing, but I’m pretty sure some of the traits I acquired from him make me good at both: an almost-obsessive need to be precise, a driving desire to get things right, and an eye for detail. Whereas those traits help me notice...
by Tammy Ditmore | Sep 11, 2011 | personal reflections
For the past few weeks, I have been reminded frequently about the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. Newspaper stories, TV specials, websites, Facebook postings, flag displays, special memorial services, even...
by Tammy Ditmore | Aug 29, 2011 | Publishing
My family is one of the last holdouts who still pay to have a print edition of the Los Angeles Times delivered to our driveway every day. It’s a tradition I have stubbornly held onto because I strongly believe in the power of the press—and also because I enjoy leafing...
