Scott:
What up, my Obama?
In the hallways of Albany High School, that is the new hello.
If you sneeze, your friends at Albany High might say “Barack you.” Goofing off in the hallway? “Barack’s in the White House now” means cool it.

Scott Waldman is now seeing stories everywhere.

Scott Waldman: “This workshop took me back to the beginning when I used to stay up late rewriting nut grafs in my head, when I made time to walk around without a notebook just to hear people’s stories. Thank you for getting me back to that, for allowing me to meet people that reinvigorated my [...]

Mentioned by Scott. Linked here now:
Throughout her life, she has been Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Street and Mrs. Smith.
She was also Mrs. Moyer, Mrs. Massie and Mrs. McMillan.
But the former Mrs. Berisford, Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Essex was born Linda Lou Taylor.
She grew up in the Central Indiana town of Alexandria — a place that lays [...]

Scott Waldman:
Mimi Martin had 30 minutes. She was trying not to count them.
It was April and her husband, Shawn, was leaving for war. The drive to the drop-off point was going too fast.
In 20 minutes, I will send Shawn to Iraq.
In 10 minutes, I will hug him.
In five minutes, I will have to figure out [...]

Meghan Murphy, Adam Bosch and Christian Livermore are here from the Times Herald-Record here in New York’s always gorgeous mid-Hudson Valley. David Filkins, Scott Waldman and Pete Iorizzo are here from the Times Union in Albany. Tim Bontemps is here from the New York Post. Lee Hill Kavanaugh is here from the Kansas City Star. [...]