Worthy to Print Column: License laws
It looks like we may get a few reprieves from our SIP (shelter in place). Since March 17 we have had to wear masks, stay in the house and not congregate. Walking on the beach or even in your own neighborhood has had severe...
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...
Worthy to Print Column: We’re All in This Together
What in the world is going on with our government? You have a guy that was videoed threatening to use his power to hold up aid to a foreign country’s aid, then getting millions of dollars transferred to his son and brother actually trading...
Funny Papers Again Column | Notes on Pomona to KC After a Rain to an Oklahoma Grift
We are now one week past the Autumn Equinox, the day defined as having an equal number of hours of sunlight and moonlight. Autumn’s twin is the Vernal Equinox in March. The opposite of these days of equality are the Summer and Winter solstices...
Funny Papers Again Column | Part III: When Wine Came to South County From Over the Western Hills
(Part III will finish up this story of the early days of grape growing in King City. We continue with the drive hauling grape rootings from Coalinga to King City over State Route 198.)
About two miles westward out of Coalinga there begins an incline...
Funny Papers Again Column | ‘Buddy, Can You Spare Some Time?’
There is an ancient writing wherein one of the main players, thee Main Player for many, upon His exit from this earthly realm exhorted his followers to “occupy ‘til I come.” So for the past 55 years I have occupied myself in more fields...
Letter to the Editor | Biden’s Immigration Bill
To the Editor:
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, which is an eight-year plan to citizenship, was revealed by Democrats on Capitol Hill. This bill would apply to roughly 11 million migrants who are currently living in the United States without legal status.
This citizenship would...
Window on the World Column | Competition
When I first moved to this little farm town, we had no proper grocery store, just corner markets. Actually, we boasted no larger stores at all! We had to travel to Greenfield to shop at Nob Hill or buy everything in Salinas before we...
Worthy to Print Column | Leaving the Nest
When do we stop being the parents to our children? Or, for that matter when do our children quit being our children? For question number one, I would say we never stop being the parents of our kids, but there are extenuating circumstances that...
