Funny Papers Again Column | Not Feeling Grounded? Go Barefootin’ and See What Happens
No matter how I may wish to deny I am old, at two years and seven decades it is nonetheless a fact and, having never been old before, I am unrehearsed for the role. I am not alone in that realization, evidenced by how...
Funny Papers Again Column | Elections, Final Good-Byes, and a Young Man’s Road Ahead
Boo. You may think it odd to start a column with a single word, but my curiosity led to research that informs us "boo" is one of the most uttered words in the American lexicon, used both to scare others and show displeasure. The...
Worthy to Print Column | A Memorable Ride
Well, here is hoping your Fourth of July was a good one. Nobody got hurt or burned playing with legal or illegal fireworks. We used to buy a bunch of sparkling showers or whistles that could raise the dead from one or another nonprofit...
Guest Column | Creating an Impact in Many Fields
As we strive to develop a replacement workforce to continue supporting California’s economy, the Farmworkers Institute of Education and Leadership Development (FIELD) is committed to uplifting the economic prospects of our underserved populations in poor, minority communities. Whether it is developing skills to fight...
Funny Papers Again Column | Sadness and Gladness in Stormy Weather
“It must first be said that with increased residential and agricultural use and improved water management, flood concern is not what it was a few decades back.”
Regarding the above statement, if I can be forgiven for using baseball metaphors at the height of football...
Worthy to Print Column | My Good Buddy Jeff
I know that I have mentioned my good buddy Jeff before. He and his wife Brenda took a few days off to accompany my bride and I as we had a few days to do some exploring of the Mighty Mississippi River and the...
Worthy to Print Column | Take a Shot
Have you got your vaccine yet? I know there are age brackets that cause some to get it early and some to be punctured at a later date. Fortunately, I am old so I got the call to report to Mee Memorial Hospital down...
Worthy to Print Column: The lost papers
Do you remember the year 2000? I had forgotten a lot about that year until I had a chance to visit my brother, who lives in Idaho, last week. He loves Idaho, but I didn’t lose anything up there. However, it had been a...
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 at a King City coffee shop and she was selling her amazing pies at the same venue. She had lost...
Window on the World Column | A Year With Foster Cats
As I may have mentioned before, social media is really good for animal stuff — not so great with some of the other. Just over a year ago, I see a posting that has been shared and shared. This family is in the Bay...
Local News
Monterey County Sheriff’s Office investigating suspicious death in Ventana Wilderness
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in the Sykes Hot Springs area of the Ventana Wilderness in the...
