Tag: Columnist
Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister...
“Darling, darling, we have to stop! This is my cousin’s house!” Car comes to a screeching halt, dust flying. We unload, remove our shoes...
Funny Papers Again Column | Phase One: KC to OKC (An...
(This essay recounting an automobile excursion from the Midwest to the Florida archipelago in the Gulf of Mexico is offered by an amateur writer...
Worthy to Print Column | They Can Do It to You!
I might have scared off a few readers with that title, but I think it is important for you to believe and understand what...
Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister...
I told you I’d come back, and I did. I did not say that I would keep coming back. I miss you being here,...
Worthy to Print Column | Enjoying Life
I think this is a time for confessions. I don’t want you to know about all my transgressions, but I will admit I am...
Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister...
“You’re here.” I hear your whisper. It comes down on a wisp of wind from the mountains above your home. Where your shell now...
Funny Papers Again Column | On the Road Again; Just Can’t...
I will remember this month, this May of 2024, as one of journalistic chaos and don’t you wanna know why? Let me tell you...
Window on the World Column | Fit for a King
“Yours is the last dad,” she stated emphatically. Yes. All my friends’ dads have passed away. Of our generation, there is one mother and...
Funny Papers Again Column | Do Franklin’s Words Apply Today?
I cannot recall the first time I learned about The Great Depression of my parent’s generation, but I do remember their stories of that...
Worthy to Print Column | Finally!
For the readers who have been reading my thoughts for the past few years, you will be happy to know that my old ’56...
Local News
Deputy involved in shooting of suspect armed with rifle in Soledad
SOLEDAD — In the early morning hours of Dec. 16, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies were dispatched to a report of a suspicious...
