Columnists don’t write in a vacuum – though perhaps we’d meet deadlines more promptly if we did. Then again there’s no air in a vacuum, so that might complicate things, but I digress (something columnists do – a lot). In my six-plus years of columnizing in this space, I’ve amassed hundreds of emails, letters, cards and voicemails from readers. That reader feedback is invaluable. It lets me know the thoughts that flow out of my head, through my fingertips, and into newsprint have resonated somewhere. My words made someone laugh, ticked someone off, or prompted memories of similar life experiences.
