Funny Papers Again Column | Variation of Three Dot Journalism
When I was a lad I read the San Francisco Examinerās renown columnist Herb Caen, the inventor of Three Dot Journalism; a form this column ofttimes mimics. Caen wrote his column as a series of items separated by ellipses ⦠the word is Greek...
Window on the World Column | My Late Motherās Day
One of the lasting gifts from the long months of Covid have been the rescheduled events and concerts that we now get to enjoy. If you have attended an event recently, you will likely have noticed that there are 10 other competing events on...
Funny Papers Again Column | To Believe or Not to Believe, That Is in Question
As we speed along on Spaceship Earth toward that day that marks the completion of another free trip around the sun, we first observe days set aside for religious and secular purposes. The generic term for this time of year is the Holiday Season.
While...
Letter to the Editor | Clam Chowder Dinner a Huge Success
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum staff and board, a great big āthank youā goes out to the entire South Monterey County community for their continued support in helping to make the 27th Annual Drury Tankersley Clam Chowder...
Window on the World Column | Old Men and Dogs
The end of life is a funny old time, isnāt it. Not that we really know when that is. But, as your muzzle gets greyer and your eyes a tad more cloudy, there becomes a time when you can no longer be considered āmiddle...
Worthy to Print Column | Remember to Slow Down
āHi honey, how is it going?ā My bride and the lady that makes life worthwhile for me walked over from the front door and gave me a peck on the cheek as she headed on into the kitchen. I could feel my heart skip...
Guest Column | As Supplies Thin, Price of Recycled Water Could Go UpĀ
As we all manage the implementation of our groundwater management sustainability plans in the next 15 years, there will be some hard choices that communities will need to make. Most of these will include financing various water supply solutions, such as resource projects, land...
Window on the World Column | Busy People
Busy people stay busy. And not much alters with time, despite your best efforts to spend more time relaxing at home with a novel, or ⦠ahem ⦠working on your own novel.
As many of you know, I have been trying to work on...
Where have all the fathers gone? To prison (almost) every one
Guest Commentary by Richard W. Dyches and Edward Hudson, Family Bridge Network




















