The places that stay with you

Filling in for someone at Hawaii Public Radio tonight. Boy, the place has changed a bit since I had my Jazz show there about two years ago.

It's funny how people and places drift in and out of a person's life. Take for example HPR: I was first hired there in early 1995. Since then, I've been a board operator/engineer for every possible shift in the operations department, a news reporter, a producer of live and canned on-air programming, and an on-air host of a jazz show. All in the space of about nine years - of course spread out within that time. There was a period, between mid-'97 to early-2000, when I didn't even set foot in the station because I was working full-time at another radio station (which I recently left).

I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are certain places you never get out of your system, for good and bad. And HPR is one of those good places that, for the past decade, has lingered supportively in the background of my life. Who knows - maybe my time back at HPR may not last long if I find another full-time gig in the near future, but it's comforting to know there'll always be something for me at that place.