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I loathe the 24 hours of Dec. 21-22, 2021. And it has nothing to do with this year. I hate Dec. 21 every year...

I want to tell you “Merry Christmas” and send out the love of my family and our wishes that you and your family enjoy...

It’s 3:17 a.m. early Wednesday morning, nine hours before deadline for this column and I haven’t 1,000 cohesive words anywhere in my head: not...

Now, where was I… Dick pulled up to me on the highway and told me to put it second gear and “Get on it!”...

“Why do you like it so much?” he asked. You could ask a lot of people that same question and they wouldn’t be stumped...

I have always enjoyed words and how they are used, but as I have not kept up on the grammatical, I frankly admit to...

In 1940, American author Ernest Hemingway wrote a book named “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” It wasn’t his best book, but it had a...

Very soon, in fact just two days from today, the Monterey County Dance Foundation will present the Monterey County Dance Theatre’s 62nd anniversary production...

I’m beginning to think like my personal nurse. Her opinion is that we will be wearing masks for the rest of time. I would...

I recall so clearly the simplicity of the holidays when we were young. We would show up and be fed and presented with presents,...