It’s in a big wood barrel, a lemon tree that we thought was on its last legs… or roots, you might say…
Author: Harvey Radin
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.
HMPRESENTLY: This Age Thing is Getting Old
Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom was interviewed by Fox News host Sean Hannity…
HMPRESENTLY: Shrugging It Off
There was the gallows, with a noose, out front at the nation’s capital building, set up, allegedly, by January 6, 2021 protesters…
HMPRESENTLY: What Makes the World Go Around?
How sad, we were thinking, that someone might feel threatened, because of a design on some cookies…
HMPRESENTLY: What’s the Differences?
When I was in school, I recall kids with differences being the victims of abuse, because of how they looked, or acted…
HMPRESENTLY: Ellipsis Journalism
“We try to go with someone who is familiar,” noted the official…
HMPRESENTLY: I’ll Get Back to You On That…
I’m watching TV, because thinking about all the serious things, I can’t get to sleep… and, on the telly, as the British also say, there’s an old Seinfeld show…
HMPRESENTLY: Gotta Get Some Positivity Going
Recalling my decades in media relations, I was wondering what I might have done, in similar circumstances…
HMPRESENTLY: Press 1, or 2, or 3… or More
It’s a word suggesting a company’s desire to engage with someone… the word ‘relations…’
HMPRESENTLY: Spewing Advice… That’s All It Takes
I can remember rejoicing, getting just a few words or sentences in the news, about whatever I was attempting to publicize…
HMPRESENTLY: Agreeing With Gary Beatty
Mr. Beatty, with good reason, laments his local Florida newspaper being “a subsidiary of USA Today”…
HMPRESENTLY: Avoiding Battery & Ink Anxiety
He sometimes pieces songs together, writing in notebooks, while sitting under a big shade tree…
HMPRESENTLY: Diametrically Different Hopes
People walking by a freshly-planted garden, along the front of a small shop, where I’d parked my car the other day, couldn’t miss seeing several handwritten signs…
HMPRESENTLY: AI May Be Quick & Smart… But Does it Have Character?
You can bet those tech folks, working on AI, are pretty sharp. But can AI ever really be like an engaging, old screen door, with pleasing, old character?
HMPRESENTLY: The Unique Language of Business
Like top 10 songs on music charts, certain words become top 10 favorites. Like the rather popular word… ‘stakeholders,’ for example…
HMPRESENTLY: A Weighty, Perhaps Amusing, Statistic?
“Just hearing it on audio and coming from our elected officials’ mouths in a meeting, it made my stomach turn…”
HMPRESENTLY: All of a Sudden… Goodness?
How will I continue welcoming goodness into my life, if I’m not slamming the door on current events?
HMPRESENTLY: Goddammit!
Your favorite baseball team is four runs behind in the bottom of the ninth inning, and there are two outs…