Tag: Opinion
Window on the World Column | Sister Sheryl
Our first meeting was an interesting one. I had been hired as her boss at the local paper. She took me to see one...
Funny Papers Again Column | Summer Solstice and the Last Word...
This is my last Funny Papers Again column for the Valley newspapers, so if you have been a fan over the past couple of...
Window on the World Column | Happy Birthday, Dear Rita
I hadn’t seen her for a while, and when I did, I realized that she was very unwell. I was doing a book signing...
Worthy to Print Column | Moving to Gonzales
“Honey, when did we move to Gonzales?” I asked my marriage mate as she (Rainy) flittered around the corner doing things that women do...
Funny Papers Again Column | Ringo and Sara and Lisa and...
There is something about eye contact that lets two people know that for just a split second, just a flicker of time, there has...
Window on the World Column | Boy Town
It started off as a nice offer from the husband. “He can come and stay with us for a while!” We were talking about...
Worthy to Print Column | Coming Home Early to See Dad
Did you have a good Father’s Day this weekend? I think this was just about the best Father’s Day I have had in awhile....
Funny Papers Again Column | An Anonymous Donor and Familiar Dairyman...
Any opinion columnist, or letter writer, whose words appear in public is aware that there could be repercussions either laudatory in nature or quite...
Window on the World Column | The Dreams of a Rescue...
“The beautiful dog awoke from its deep sleep dreamland. Before remembering his recent rescue, a bolt of concern ran through him from all those...
Worthy to Print Column | Trying Something New
Today seems like it might be a little different than most Sundays; there is an Artichoke Festival. This year it is in Monterey instead...
Local News
Former Salinas Valley State Prison officer pleads no contest to workers’...
SOLEDAD — A former correctional officer at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud after prosecutors determined she...
