Funny Papers Again Column | Random Musings From the Past to the Present
A friend on an errand was heading up to Greenfield the other day and asked if Iād like to tag along, and because the town had been on my mind of late, I readily took her up on the offer. I was feeling a...
Funny Papers Again Column | LOSSx3: A People We Cannot Lose, a Building We May Lose, a Group I Hope We Never Lose
For those of you who read last weekās column, I can honestly tell you I realized who the murderer of Roger Ackroyd was before it was revealed by the author. It was no great feat of detective prowess on my part, no great discerning...
Window on the World Column | In the Bleak Midwinter
About this time of year ā February blending into March ā I can get really sick and tired of winter. Folks back home might have a chortle at that; because, yeah, I know, we donāt really have āwinterā per se in our neck of...
Funny Papers Again Column | āSink or Swimā ā In Greenfield You Can Do Neither
Throughout my educational career I attended college and university at an erratic pace with time gaps of months and even years; but during each of those academic periods there was the need for income. Twice during those periods while attending classes I found that...
Funny Papers Again Column | Personal Reactions to an Unanticipated Comment and an Anticipated Reunion
The first part of todayās Funny Papers Again column is an off-handed comment on the present politically charged situation, so if you are as fed up with anything even slightly political, just skip to below the three asterisks and read on.
In last weekās column,...
Funny Papers Again Column | Ringo and Sara and Lisa and Steve and Lynn and Andy and Oliver and Jeanette: Rock On!
There is something about eye contact that lets two people know that for just a split second, just a flicker of time, there has been a meeting of minds, a very brief acknowledgment of each otherās existence. I had just such an encounter last...
Worthy to Print Column: Wash Your Blues Away
I have a question for you. In all of history ā or just to make it easier for you, letās just say from the 1800s till today ā what one invention was the most important invention to family life and especially the wife and...
Letter to the Editor | Valuable Lessons
To the Editor:
Josh Riley shared a valuable history lesson in the Dec. 30 edition (āRemembering the Time King City Cross Country Made History,ā Dec. 30, page A5).
The 2018-19 accomplishments of a small group of dedicated youth, King City High Cross Country runners, inspire...
Worthy to Print Column | āCheersā to Kindness
āMaking your way in the world today takes everything youāve got, taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldnāt you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go, where everybody knows your name, and they are always glad...




















