Worthy to Print Column | Past = Future ā Part II
There was a change in the pitch of the engines on the plane that woke me up. I wasnāt concerned because if one is heading into a war zone, it is not hard to stay awake. Everything is new and you donāt want to...
Guest Column | Eating Your Way Through the Produce Rainbow Brings Enormous Benefits
During the height of the pandemic, the United Nations shined a spotlight on the vital role of fresh fruits and vegetables in the health and future of the human race.
āAs Covid-19 continues to affect the health and livelihoods of people across the world, we...
Worthy to Print Column | Happy 90th, Nelda
This week is a favor from my readers. Today Iām going to tell you about a very good friend, who I now call family, that has become something special to me and to my brood.
You may remember that some time ago I mentioned that...
Worthy to Print Column: Hot Enough for You?
Today is a day when my dad would greet everyone he met with the most common phrase in the farmers lexicon. āHot enough for you?ā Actually, he didnāt say that very often. When you wake up over in the San Joaquin Valley, summer is...
Window on the World Column | The Marvel of a Vaccine
It was 2020 and, like a champ, I had the flu and the pneumonia vaccination in one foul swoop. It was recommended for us folks of a certain age. We weathered mild side effects from both shots, and I didnāt get either virus. Resultā¦...
Funny Papers Again Column | Sights Iāve Seen at āthe Sitesā: Let Us Not Forget
This weekās issue of the Valley newspapers hits the stands three days from Sept. 11, 2021: the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers, in lower Manhattan. Known colloquially as simply 9/11, it is a date etched...
Window on the World Column | Reconnections
We last saw each other when we were quite young. She showed me photos of herself frozen in time in my childhood cottage. It was definitely her, but I had no memory of it. But thereās something about family ties that makes it not...
Worthy to Print Column | Nothing in Life Comes Easy
I usually awake on a Monday morning and see what is going on in my life. This morning I got bad news on my phone. One of my best friendsā mom died last night. She chose, if thatās possible, to die on the anniversary...
Funny Papers Again Column | Me and Mee, Again: A Tough Time for Both of Us
It all started about three weeks ago with a stiffening of the neck that while a minor bother for a few days to within a few hours the pain became severe enough that I could not swivel my head side-to-side more than a few...
Funny Papers Again Column | A South County Scene: One Block on One Street in One Town
Some years ago, in a library in Southern California, I gave a book to a young lady in hopes she would find it a compelling story. She replied she had heard of the book but had yet to read it and thanked me for...
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Greenfield man sentenced to 25 years in prison for child molestation
GREENFIELD ā A Monterey County judge sentenced Miguel Rubio, 42, of Greenfield, to 25 years in prison for committing three counts of forcible lewd...























