Letter to the Editor | Spongebob Saves Bikini Bottom!
To the Editor:
Sol Treasures, our anchor for the arts in South County, again has a musical show to share with you all — “The Spongebob Musical.”
I applaud the work of Director Jeff Hinderscheid, Choreographer Beau Rodriguez, Musical Director Isaac Rodriguez and all the backstage...
Window on the World Column | Make a Difference, However Small
People are digging out maps and figuring out where this place is — Ukraine. Who are these people? They live so far away from us; aren’t we glad we are not them! They seem like a fiercely loyal people — they love their animals...
Funny Papers Again Column | Greetings From the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chippewa Nations
Whenever a case arises with this over-abused old frame of mine and a visit to Mee is required; I am always quick to tell as many staff in both hospital and clinic who will listen that my first visit to Mee Memorial Hospital, now...
Guest Column | A Call to Action for Heart Health
Every February, the nation comes together to recognize American Heart Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease.
It’s essential to be aware that even though heart disease is a significant health issue across America, many heart-related illnesses are preventable. Risk factors for...
Window on the World Column: Glass Half Full
With the changing of the times and the lessening of the daylight, I must annually go on self-watch alert. There is something about darkness during the daytime that makes me, well, dark. I can get the gloomies very easily when the clocks fall back...
Window on the World Column | No Need to Quarantine Here
It seemed as if it should be simple enough. Used to be that way. I wanted to go to my hometown of my home country and sprinkle the ashes of my oldest friend’s mother on the sea wall, where we used to hang out...
Funny Papers Again Column | Another Last, and Hard, Final Goodbye
“It was not my intention to end the column as it ended. But a call minutes ago informs me my life-long friend Stephen Carl Clark has passed away down in Mexico. For many years there were three of us who kept close since kindergarten;...
Window on the World Column | The Divided States of America
Deep in numb confusion that dulls the senses and creates quivers of fear for the sanity of the world and the civilized folk out in it, and during another white night of incredulity, with curdled brain, I toss and turn from hot to cool...
Window on the World Column | The Christmas Cracker
In England, the shops are now full of Christmas crackers — every shape and size and decoration of cracker can be found, lining the shelves of every grade of Christmas area — from low to high end. “Oh, you must take some crackers home!”...
