Window on the World Column | Words and Memories With Friends
We have been playing online āWords with Friendsā for a good while now. When she first started, I could beat her rather successfully. Nowadays, Iām lucky to win the odd game. She always was a clever-clogs. One of the great wonders of the modern...
Worthy to Print Column | Thank You to All the Fallen
As I get older, I find myself forgetting even the simplest of things. Do you ever have that problem? I guess it is like everything else. I just have to get used to the idea that I am not Superman. Oh! There was a...
Window on the World Column | The Spirits of Thanksgiving Past
Ah, those memories, like the corner of my mind. Most days we chug along, casting a glance back once in a while when Facebook reminds us of something, or if itās Mamaās birthday and sheās no longer of the planet ā or itās sister...
Funny Papers Again Column | Looking Back and Seeing Ahead
Before I get into the bits and pieces of todayās column, let me offer a mea culpa regarding some misinformation in last weekās column. I stated that KCHS Class of 1972 has their 50th class reunion scheduled for the same date as the Classes...
Window on the World Column: Forever is a very long time
What becomes of a broken heart? In the olden days, when romantic liaisons fell apart, ladies would return home quietly to lick their wounds in private, take care of elderly relatives, or forever wear black, in mourning for the life they had wanted and...
Letters to the Editor for Week of June 7
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Worthy to Print Column | Special Times
What a week in the Salinas Valley! First, I want to mention the service for Francis Rubbo held last week at Eden Valley in Soledad. I bring this up first as it was a very sweet and solemn ceremony. As Commander of the American...
Funny Papers Again Column | One Volunteerās Thoughts on the Words of GBS
āThis is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to...























