Tag: Opinion
Guest Column | TAMC: Building Connections So That Communities Thrive and...
When asked why we do what we do, the answer is easy: we build connections so that communities thrive and grow. As the outgoing...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Look at Calendars Old and...
As the first column of a new year on the ol’ Gregorian Calendar, one could hold the expectation that the tradition of making resolutions,...
Worthy to Print Column | How Was Your Christmas?
I don’t know if I will see you or speak to you before Good Old Santa comes sliding down the chimney. I like to...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Long Look Back: A Senior’s...
For those of us with multiple decades behind us as we continue our personal journeys toward some inevitable end, it seems the compulsion increases...
Window on the World Column | Home for the Holidays
There is perhaps no better sound in the world than that of a familiar wave slapping against a familiar beach. I was born and...
Worthy to Print Column | Early Days…
A few weeks ago I asked you, dear readers, about your first memory. I wanted to know who might be reading my words and...
Guest Column | The Gift of Service to Others Can Be...
As 2023 comes to a close and I reflect on what seems to have been a whirlwind of a year, it is clear that...
Funny Papers Again Column | ‘Sink or Swim’ — In Greenfield...
Throughout my educational career I attended college and university at an erratic pace with time gaps of months and even years; but during each...
Worthy to Print Column | A Time for Reflection
I know we have a few more weeks to go, but I have to write when I have a thought or the week is...
Window on the World Column | Bad Days, a New Book...
It was simply one of those days. A wake-up call that didn’t involve coffee or soft music, let alone the sound of little birds...
Local News
Salinas Valley communities celebrate the holidays with lights, parades and joy
SALINAS VALLEY — The Salinas Valley cities of Soledad, Gonzales and Greenfield celebrated the start of the Christmas season with holiday gatherings in their...
