Tag: Funny Papers Again

One of the first lessons one learns in any writing class is writing about experience is more natural and gets the story (or moral...

It is never easy to come up with the words for this column; there are so many issues and topics that one can become...

I was reading about the origins of Christmas and the various ways the day is celebrated around the world. It is a day with...

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...

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...

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

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...

One of the favorite questions posted on social media is “Who is the most famous person you have ever met?”; or some derivative thereof....

Below is what happens when a writer is somewhat confined to his immediate surroundings; that writer reads a lot of books and views a...

One of the first things one learns when writing a column is that the title is important; words must be chosen that catch readers’...