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The longer I watch daily newspapers struggle with the changing media landscape, the more I am filled with relief that I am viewing this from a seat on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

To be sure, I continue to have my hand in newspapers. I am a freelance reporter for a weekly newspaper in Collin County, Texas. That\u2019s as far as my direct newspaper involvement goes. I like it that way.<\/p>\n

However, I am filled with a growing sense of gratitude \u2014 yes, gratitude \u2014 that I was spared the agony that\u2019s occurring within the craft I pursued with great joy for more than three decades.<\/p>\n

I have told you already on this blog about the pain of being told in August 2012 that I would no longer be doing what I had done for the Amarillo, Texas, newspaper for nearly 18 years. I have gotten over that pain and, to be truthful, over my anger at the individual who gave me the bad news. I now am filled with relief and the aforementioned gratitude that he spared me the heartache that has enveloped the newspaper since my departure.<\/p>\n

The Globe-News changed ownership. The publisher who in effect gave me my walking papers \u201cstepped down\u201d shortly after the new owners purchased the paper. My thought when I heard he had left was, well, \u201ckarma\u2019s a bitch, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

The paper\u2019s owners have gutted it. The Globe-News has moved to a suite of offices in a downtown Amarillo bank building. I hear from my friends in the Panhandle that it doesn\u2019t \u201ccover\u201d the community these days, that the paper is full of press releases.<\/p>\n

I am on the sidelines these days. My retirement journey is going along swimmingly. I\u2019ll keep writing for the weekly newspaper near my home for as long as they want me; I also will continue writing feature stories for the public radio station, too, for as long as they want me.<\/p>\n

Life is good, man.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happening in Amarillo is being felt in communities all across the land. I am delighted to be away from the madness and the misery.<\/p>\n

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