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September 12, 2025

Letter to the Editor | Restoring the Balance

To the Editor: Thanks for bringing Steve Wilson back to your pages. I found his column about words in last week’s edition creative, thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable. In contrast, your other contributing columnist’s whining about what he deems unfair felt like its complete antithesis. Closing with...

Worthy to Print Column | It’s Not Fair

George Worthy
Boy oh boy! How many times did I say that as a youth? I was third of four boys. It seemed that my Dad always favored the older two boys in almost every area as a youth. My oldest brother would get a new...

Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast Helps Remove Obstacles to Employment

Goodwill has celebrated the power of work since it formed in Boston back in 1919. The nonprofit’s founder Rev. Edgar J. Helms had a simple idea — fight poverty not with charity, but with trade skills — and provide a chance for the poor...

Funny Papers Again Column | Words We Know — and Authors We Do Not Know

I am a fan of words. I like the sound of words. I like how writers use words and I like to use them myself. I was not aware of writers as a child reader. My family had an encyclopedia set, which came with...

Worthy to Print Column | The Long Journey

George Worthy
Good day! If you are a regular reader of my scribbles, then you know that a few weeks ago we lost the very best dog that has ever lived. Dirt was what a dog is supposed to be. As you might imagine, if you...

Window on the World Column | NashVegas

Lucy Jensen
Ever since my sister passed, my daughter and I have been wont to follow her lead and give each other experiences instead of merchandise for special occasions. I was so delighted when the kid gave me concert tickets for Christmas. I love concerts, I...

Worthy to Print Column | Sailing the High Seas

George Worthy
I believe it is time to take a few days off and take a trip. I can’t even tell you the last time I went to town, much less a trip of more than one day. I go downtown to Gonzales just about every...

Window on the World Column | Our Childhood Memoir

Lucy Jensen
My friend and I have been writing the story of our shared childhood. I say ā€œmy friendā€ meaning my oldest friend in the whole world. The story goes that she fell into the boating pond in my hometown (all of 2 feet deep) when...

Worthy to Print Column | Lazy Days of Summer

George Worthy
ā€œCome on, Honey, I promise you will like it. You know how you love swimming.ā€ Her tones were soft and inviting. I had been listening to her try and get me out of the house by going to the city swimming pool. It seems that the...

Window on the World Column | A Year With Foster Cats

Lucy Jensen
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...
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