Letters to the Editor for Week of April 5
South County Newspapers welcome Letters to the Editor of fewer than 400 words. Submit all letters with the writer's name and contact information to [email protected].
Worthy to Print Column | One Manās Junk Is Another Manās Treasure
I spent most of the day on Saturday cleaning out my garage, and I donāt know if I will finish before the weekend is over. Funny how I keep watching the detritus get taller and taller. I keep telling myself that I will be...
Window on the World Column | Loving Our Vandura
When you are crawling toward 24 years of marriage and over 26 together, the fireworks are not always going off, unless the neighbor decides that the Fourth of July cannot come soon enough. You are mostly like two comfortable-ish chairs, grumbling about the thing...
Worthy to Print Column | 3 Days to Remember
I woke up this morning wondering who was going to get up and turn on the furnace. I had a secret card with me as I had put our dog Ranger on my side of the bed before we went to sleep. So all...
Worthy to Print Column | āCheersā to Kindness
āMaking your way in the world today takes everything youāve got, taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldnāt you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go, where everybody knows your name, and they are always glad...
Letter to the Editor | Reduce Energy Costs and Bill Fluctuations This Summer
To the Editor:
We understand no one likes energy bills that are higher than expected. Heat waves are causing customers to crank up their AC, which can lead to higher energy bills.
PG&E does not add any markup on the energy we buy for customers, neither...
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...
Worthy to Print Column | A Crying Shame
I donāt know if I have ever told you how much I hate seeing or hearing someone crying. I donāt mean to tell you that crying is bad, itās just the only thing I can say without blinking that I absolutely hate. Itās not...
Worthy to Print Column | It Could Happen to You
You know there are times in your life when bad things happen to you through the years that never leave you. Things that seem to never go away are forgotten when one finds love from his neighbors and family. I have to be honest....
Window on the World Column: The waiting
The waiting is the worst. I donāt think there is anyone who would challenge me on that. I get flashbacks to my own cancer diagnosis from 10 years ago. One test slowly crawled to another and you are in the waiting room of your...
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