About Me — Brooke Ramey Nelson
As far as writing is concerned, I’m back in the saddle again
Hey, there. I’m Brooke Ramey Nelson, a native Texan, former journalist, politico, PR person and high school teacher, who joined Medium in December 2020 to get back to what I’ve always loved to do — wrassling words.
I thought about starting this essay with the traditional greeting of my forebears: “Howdy!”. But I decided, for the better part of valor or something, that I didn’t have to be quite so obvious about my origins. Isn’t the pic above enough?
My lovely partner, Moker, and I have been married going on 42 years and have been together for 45. Obviously, we were babies when we tied the proverbial knot. We met at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, each while studying to be what was colloquially known years ago as “ink-stained wretches”. Actually, I first heard that term from preeminent TV scribe Dan Rather, who did the honors at an awards banquet we attended in the late-’70s.
Speaking of famous folks, I’ve met a bunch, but my connections haven’t seemed to set my career on fire. Among them? Lucille Ball, Andy Warhol, Bush 41 & 43 (the younger known in Texas circles as Dubya), Ben Bradlee and Bob Woodward (I used to work for both), and Gilda Radner — although I have to admit that I merely shook Ms…
