Paul Douglas

Writing

Featured Editorials and Profiles

Explore a featured selection of my writing work below.

September 6 2022

Carol Guzy profile (excerpt)

Surfing through Carol Guzy’s Facebook page, I notice posts about her achievements and reposts about journalists in war zones. I also see that she loves animals.

Sally Verrando

April 22 2022

The Selling of the Soul of Oak Cliff

“Oak Cliff derives its name from the massive oaks that crown the soft green cliffs” (Elliott). This advertisement from the earliest days of the emerging community rang true for over one hundred years. People who live in Oak Cliff are intentional residents. We have mature trees and great swaths of green spaces that provide habitats for a diversity of wildlife. We choose to live here because of the affordability and small town feel that has made our area different from others in Dallas.

Sally Diamond Verrando

December 5 2020

Writers are Like Butterflies (excerpt)

Writers are like butterflies. During our developing larval learning stage, we devour as much as we can of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary. As pupae, we wrap words together on pages to create cohesive expressions, learning about diction and style.

Texas State Library

August 7 2020

Ann Richards profile (excerpt)

When Waco High School student Ann Willis attended Texas Girls State and later Girls Nation in 1949, little did she realize that one day, forty-two years later, she would become an actual Texas governor, the second woman ever to be elected to that office.

Sally Verrando

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