Guest Column | Preventing and Managing Diabetes: A Proactive Approach to Healthy Living
Throughout the year, and especially during November, National Diabetes Month, Mee Memorial works to educate the community about diabetes prevention and management.
Diabetes starts when the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels. It is a health condition that impacts many individuals in South Monterey...
Window on the World Column | The Soup Diaries
They were the best of friends from a very young age. Though quite different ā my sister was very bossy and her friend very sweet and accommodating ā they were the ying to each otherās yang. Iām sure sister frequently got a good telling...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Digest of Abridged Subjects
The following were subjects for full columns, columns I now know will, to use an archaic adage, never see the light of day. The research of these subjects runs to dozens if not scores of hours and each would use up the 1,000-word limit;...
Worthy to Print Column | Cold Enough for You?
It sure is cold enough for me. This morning I had to get up early to go to a dentist appointment over in Monterey. When the old alarm clock said, āItās time to get up,ā I just pulled the covers up and said to...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Twelfth Month and Its Celebrations Around the World
For those who do not recall Funny Papers Again of two weeks ago, it was about Christmas and so I had done some research about December celebrations, but due to word allotment it was omitted because I went on, some would say, on and...
Letter to the Editor: Delightful Banners
Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the EditorĀ of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writerās first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...
Guest Column | Cal State Monterey Bayās Rising Graduation Rates Strengthen the Future of the Central Coast
At Cal State Monterey Bay, we recently reached a milestone that speaks to the power of higher education as well as the future strength of Californiaās workforce. For the last 10 years, the California State University system has taken on an ambitious challenge, the...
Window on the World Column | Happy Birthday, Dear Rita
I hadnāt seen her for a while, and when I did, I realized that she was very unwell. I was doing a book signing at a King City coffee shop and she was selling her amazing pies at the same venue. She had lost...
Funny Papers Again Column | Dreams Only Exist When Asleep; When Is It Time to Wake Up?
A couple of weeks ago I said I was going to steer clear of any political stuff; but a writer writes what is in the head and the heart. So, contrary to my words, here goes.
The arguments pro and con addressing the issue of...




















