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10/07/2010 Entry: "10/8/2010: Letter from Charles A. Smith to Joe Roark May 12, 1989"

In 1989 my letters to Charles lessened in length and frequency. This annoyed him considerably, and he pointed out that when he worked for Weider he ran several magazines AND kept his correspondence current.

During that time [1989] my youngest daughter was in college and she was working. I was working a fulltime job and two- and for a brief while three- part time jobs. My full time job had irregular hours- may work 16 hours, go home for 8, come back for work. Is all of this an excuse why my letters decreased? Yup. But what little time I had free needed to be dedicated to my family, AND, frankly, to me, some breathing room. So, I wrote to Charles less.

So this is the setting for this letter May 12, 1989, and why Charles mentions my infrequent writing.

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