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...
Worthy to Print Column | Another Day in Paradise
How was your week? Mine was pretty great. Shoot, it should have been. After all, I was turning 80, and if you canāt have a good time on your 80th birthday, when are you going to have fun?
Like most good things that happen to...
Letter to the Editor: Drive-in Movies a Success for King City
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Funny Papers Again Column | Travels With Buddy ā Part II
If I thought that it happened to be just the occasion and just the right type of youthful Big Sur denizens (thatās where the bulk of them were from) that made Buddy such a hit, I was dispelled of that thought when we moved...
Window on the World Column | Regret for the Things That You Do Not Do
We should go, shouldnāt we? Shouldnāt we go? Life happens when you are busy making other plans. And isnāt that always the way. My mother-in-law, who had been suffering with Parkinsonās and dementia at my sister-in-lawās house in Oregon, had taken a bad fall...
Guest Column | Monterey County Free Librariesā 5 Things to Celebrate in February 2026
Happy February! In February, we have Valentineās Day, Presidentās Day and so many things to celebrate.
1. February is one of our favorite months because it is also Library Loverās Month! Do you love your library? There are many ways to show your library love....
Funny Papers Again Column | Broken Ground Does Not a Groundbreaking Make
While not referring to any particular county supervisor in last weekās Funny Papers, I did address the board in general with hopes some public remarks would be forthcoming regarding the continued closure of San Lorenzo Park. I now want to address some specific remarks...
Worthy to Print Column | Hello Again, October
Here it is October already. This month doesnāt hold much for me. Besides Halloween, what is there to look forward to? You wake up to cold dreary morning drizzle and the day just doesnāt get much better. Of course, we live in the 21st...
Funny Papers Again Column | From Russia Without Love
I was attending a baseball game on the Greenfield Elementary School grounds when a car pulled up next to the entrance gate on 10th Street. It was a black four-door Ford, just like the ones the FBI drove on television, with two men in...




















