Worthy to Print Column | Finding the Perfect Gift
I want to tell you āMerry Christmasā and send out the love of my family and our wishes that you and your family enjoy the wonderful holiday, where we all give thanks for the Sacrificed Son that proves that God has forgiveness in his...
Adventure Abounds Column | Adapting in Place
Iām excited to announce Sol Treasures is hosting a gallery of my photojournalism, and a meet the artist evening will happen this Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit is titled, āThrough the Lens, Adapting in Place,ā and covers how the residents of...
Worthy to Print Column | Tasting the Stars
Happy New Year! Whatās that? You have a little bit of a headache? You had a second glass of what the bartender told you were like tasting the stars? The phrase, āLike tasting the stars,ā is credited to Dom Perignon (1638-1715). He has also...
Funny Papers Again Column | We All Lose When Fear Rules the Day
OK, so Iām 21 years old and Iām driving this flatbed dooley along the horseshoe canal and two guys come running toward me frantically waving their arms, and because I know these young men, I stop the vehicle. Good opening sentence, huh? Let me...
Window on the World Column | Real Estate and Life
There are few guarantees in life. One thing you can count on, however, is change. Constant change. I equate real estate with life. Itās always up and down, forever moving, seldom boring. I have now been working in California real estate for 20 years,...
Funny Papers Again Column | Travels With Buddy ā Part I
In a rare case of a column running too long, I offer this story as a two-parterā¦
One day I came home from school, it was 1964 and I was in the sixth grade in Greenfield Elementary School, and my father handed me a book...
Letter to the Editor | Working Together to Help Animals
To the Editor:
SPCA Monterey County agrees that we need solutions to save stray animals (āWe Need Solutions to Save Our Stray Animals,ā Aug. 10).
Those answers are low-cost spay/neuter, adoptions, foster care, microchipping and compassionate shelters, rescue groups and animal control agencies working...
Worthy to Print Column | Family Is the Greatest Treasure
Wow! Has it been a week already? Do you find that it seems like time is rushing by while we wonder if we should wear a mask to go to buy groceries? What have we learned in these crazy times? I mean, we knew...
Worthy to Print Column | Wartime Leaders
Have you heard the news? We have gained a new state. Yeah, I know you didnāt know of that because it just hasnāt been made clear to you. Oh, Iām sure you have been watching our leaders as they hand over OUR tax money...
Window on the World Column: Happy Mother’s Day
Gilroyās early life started, well, in Gilroy. My friend and neighbor called me from the Gilroy shopping outlets and told me what she had found in the parking lot there. āWell, bring him on home!ā I told her, as you do. A few years...




















