Worthy to Print Column | I Am What I Am and Thatās All That I Am
I suppose that today I should write something about how messed up our government is, but I think that would be too easy. There is no use in restating my thoughts about how miserable it is being run right now. If you read anything...
Window on the World Column | Destiny Arrives in Funny Ways
I nearly broke into tiny irreparable shards, when there was nothing more we could do to help him and my horse was finally laid down to his eternal sleep at Solace. It was April 2, 2019, early in the morning. As the strong medicine...
Funny Papers Again Column | āLetās Look at the Map and See What It Shows, Sonā
I was up in the Arroyo Seco Canyon with a friend the other day, we had made our way down to the river, what there is of it, a stagnant pool here and there was about all; my friend oversees the property and we...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Long, Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
āThe Arroyo Seco River begins its life far atop the Santa Sierra Range of Monterey County where its headwaters rapidly flow downward through gorges of solid rock cut deep by millennia of erosion then wends its way eastward along beaches lined by sycamore and...
Funny Papers Again Column | It Was Convivial on the Alluvial
Some years back there was a fellow in Greenfield who owned an airplane, and as I had no qualms about flying in a small craft, there were many occasions to see the Valley and surrounding areas from aloft. Because I spent the first 19...
Worthy to Print Column | The Definition of Insanity
Iāve heard it said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Well, thatās the very first thing I thought of when I heard that the Dad Gum Govmint was going to have us...
Window on the World Column | The Perfect Day
The perfect day was on order for the chosen celebration of life of our very own valley girl. Blissful sunlight through the oaks on River Road was on the menu, as was some delightful company. I arrived on top of some very ripe vines...
Window on the World Column | Long Live the Queen
God save the ... you know how it goes, everyone does! We used to sing it before school assembly when I was a nipper. Long live the Queen. Well, isnāt she doing well! And here we have 70 years on the throne. Oh, my...
Worthy to Print Column | Keep On Trucking
Iām sure that I have written often about my trusty old Ford pickup. It is an F-100 that I bought about a month after I got out of the Army. I had been looking for a pickup just like this one. Of course, I...
Window on the World Column | A Buyerās Market
What a difference four months can make in the property world! My goodness me. When I look back to the summer, it is ridiculous to think of where we were then to where we are now! In the summertime, it was a strong sellerās...