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If you met him, Scott Beddome would strike you as average. It’s only when he speaks that you could then peer down into his soul. His voice has a resonance and gently humorous demeanor that says there’s more to him than meets the eye. There’s something that’s disengaging and makes you feel at ease. You instantly know that he likes you. You want to begin to ramble.
It’s that ability to get folks talking that has always been his best talent. He hosted nearly 200 nights of a popular two hour call-in style radio talk show in Milwaukee for four years. The guests and topics were everything from sports stars to coroners. It provided welcome relief from his wild and woolly rock DJ duties.
After ten years of rock radio he escaped to the tiny central Wisconsin historic hamlet of Rural where the restoration of an 1853 Greek Revival National Register property led to a 20 year profession of large scale preservation projects that included Cathedrals, Basilicas, State Capitols, Supreme Courts and, ultimately, The Smithsonian.
Part of that hokey wisdom comes from spending 8 years as a single father. Three high school kids (2 girls and a boy) will pretty much fill anyone’s day. After many thousands of them in a row, the sharp edges of his jagged mind have been tumbled smooth as a shoreline stone. Toss him onto the water at just the right angle and he’d skip!
Having the empty nest ability to do whatever you want is a daunting realization that those less weathered (or lazy) might never be able to properly handle. Not the case for Scott Beddome as he clearly has found his place writing stories about the everyday world in an every other day kind of way.
- Coco Potomac
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