However, the posts you see listed from 1997 through 1999 were from the period right after I was laid off by The Arizona Republic in one of that newspaper's first downsizings.
I was anxious to get back to working on my occupational passion, which was writing about popular music: rock, jazz, blues, world music and other forms.
I decided that I needed to work freelance because, for a variety of reasons, I didn't want to move my family from town to town looking for opportunities in the news business.
