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One thing leads to another in a longtime columnist reminiscence
A veteran columnist recalls how reading or hearing items triggers memory of past events and people from Watergate to Waterford crystal. He notes a lifetime of trivia, honors his past editing roles, and cheers up aging with theatre revivals and a sports-writing path through family connections and long careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watergate
Waterloo
London
Waterloo Station
Dave Sanders
Carterville
Rudyard Kipling
William Cullen Bryant
Hiawatha
Ireland
Cypress Gardens
Florida
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Vaughn Monroe
Irving Dilliard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ferris
Princeton