Re: 'our Sean' in the news

Hi Sean,

I loved seeing your article in that rag of a newspaper. It doesn't
surprise me that they took liberties with it. I hope to see more and more
of your articles there with the hope that they won't edit in ways you
wouldn't want. That excuse for a newspaper turns everything into some form
of real estate advertising. Alas--

Barbara

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Sean A. O'Hara wrote:

> At 11:27 AM 7/9/99 -0700, Kay Dreher wrote:
> >Have you noticed that Sean currently has a Mediterranean gardening series in
> >the Berkeley Voice? I feel quite a proprietary sense of pride - our Sean in
> >the news.
> 
> Hi Kay - 
> 
> Thanks for noticing.  Actually, I was prepared to ask them if I could
> re-write that article before they printed it, but they beat me to it!  It
> was written a while back for a special 'garden section' but was not
> included.  Instead, the 'Real Estate' editor took it up.  It looks like
> it will now be a 3-parter (second installment still didn't finish it off!).
> They took lots of liberties with the text and changed some other stuff I
> wished they hadn't - amazing how little control you have over this sort
> of thing.  They also mis-printed the web site URL!  But it is nice to have
> the chance to get some of these ideas out there to the general public.
> My main reason for writing the piece was to promote the Mediterranean
> Garden Society, our e-mail discussion, and the web site.  I received
> nothing in return.  I wonder if they'd like further articles in the
> future?
> 
> Sean O.
> 
> Sean A. O'Hara                       sean.ohara@poboxes.com
> h o r t u l u s   a p t u s          710 Jean Street
> 'a garden suited to its purpose'     Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
> 
>
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