Shades of gray

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I used to have a crusty Glaswegian editor. Once, when I was lounging in the newsroom reading, he snapped, “There’s nae stories in books!” He commanded, “Git oot there, man.”

In fact, I shaped a scoop from my reading that day. Nonetheless, I’ve valued his advice ever since and have always preferred the big, wide world, where life is messy and confusing.

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