Guest Column | Itās Time for Your Checkup
Many people wait until something feels wrong before seeing the doctor, but prioritizing preventive care helps us stay ahead of health issues before they become serious.
Nutrition and exercise work together to fuel your body, build strong muscles and boost mental well-being. But itās your...
Window on the World Column | Restoring to Her Former Glory
The love affair began back in the ā80s, as many love affairs do. There had been no specific run up to this particular affair, except, as he confessed, dolefully, āI had a Corvette and we were a family of four.ā I thought it was...
Window on the World Column | Love Is All That Matters
Iāve never got hung up on Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers ⦠if we grew up together, then you are mine, and sometimes you are mine if we didnāt. Most of my family are bits and pieces from all over the place and I think...
Guest Column | Healthy Habits Create Healthy Families
March is National Nutrition Month, an excellent time to examine your eating habits and make small incremental changes that will positively impact your health for the long term.
We all know that life can be busy and stressful at times. Itās easy to fall into...
Funny Papers Again Column | Yearly Orbit of the Sun; Four Days, Over and Done
I have notes scribbled on scraps of paper scattered about my work area, in pockets and various other places I will no doubt discover after this goes to print. But I have enough here for a short column to cap off another year in...
Worthy to Print Column | Decisions, Decisions
Do you have grandchildren? I am blessed with two wonderful grandchildren and one great-grandson. I love it when they come over and I can dazzle them with my stories of where I have been and what I have done. I also keep a little...
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 lost. I thought this might be a good chance to discuss the season and some of the things that make...
Window on the World Column | Find Your Passion
No matter how much you love your work, I have discovered that it is an even more wonderful thing to lead a fulfilling life if you also have passions that you adore, which are disconnected from your employment. Your work life should feed your...
Window on the World Column | International Flying With Covid
It was supposed to be just a distant memory by now; an inconvenient blink in the eye of all our busy lives and exciting plans. I think we imagined that, once the vaccine was available, people would be scurrying to get it, racing in...
Worthy to Print Column | Love Is a Wonderful Thing
Did you say, āI love you!ā to anyone today? Or maybe someone said that to you. I ask because Iām curious about how you describe love. What do you mean when you say āI love youā? Do you love someone like I love my...
Local News
Jury convicts Salinas Valley State Prison inmate of murder
SOLEDAD ā A Monterey County jury on April 23 convicted Salinas Valley State Prison inmate Miguel Angel Espino, 33, of first-degree murder in the...























