Tag: Columnist
Window on the World Column | Pleases and Thank Yous
When we were young, my mother would tolerate only two days of freedom post-Christmas — i.e. Christmas Day and Boxing Day — before she...
Funny Papers Again Column | Taking the Easy Way Out Ain’t...
It is easy to sit down at the keyboard and churn out a thousand words when the subject has some local interest, which I...
Funny Papers Again Column | Moon Trees, African Grapefruit and Annual...
Most of us know sunflowers. In the Salinas Valley, they are a common sight in yards and fields up and down and across the...
Window on the World Column | The Staples of Life
“Do you have to put those in?” I enquired of the medical expert, when he was trying to explain the procedure to me. “Yes,...
Funny Papers Again Column | My Purge of Unnoteworthy Notes Fell...
This column marks the end of compiled topics, both those on scraps of paper and whatever is on my cell phone, so don’t look...
Worthy to Print Column | It Happened in an Instant
There is a lot of pain in the Worthy home today. I’m going to try and let you know what has been happening. I’m...
Funny Papers Again Column | 2026: Clearing Out the Old and...
It is one week into the new year and I have been clearing out old notes on scratch paper and photos and videos from...
Funny Papers Again Column | After a Bad Year, We Look...
Greetings on the last day of 2025. And what a year it has been. As I look back on this year, I think about...
Window on the World Column | Time to Reflect
It’s that time of year; nearly the end of the year, another 12 months in the vault of my life. As I flick back...
Funny Papers Again Column | Like Charlie’s Ebenezer, We All Have...
It is once again Christmas Eve and if I were to think about it, I might possibly recall last Christmas Eve. But right off...
