Funny Papers Again Column | Notes on Pomona to KC After a Rain to an Oklahoma Grift
We are now one week past the Autumn Equinox, the day defined as having an equal number of hours of sunlight and moonlight. Autumnās twin is the Vernal Equinox in March. The opposite of these days of equality are the Summer and Winter solstices...
Worthy to Print Column: Itās Just a Phone
Do you have a āsmart phone?ā Iām not sure what makes a smart phone or a dumb phone, but Iām pretty sure I got the dumb one. I mean, I see folks walking around all day looking at their phones, and if the phones...
Worthy to Print Column | The Eternal Flame
If you have read any of my scribbling over time, you know Iām a lifelong conservative. I donāt know exactly when I discovered this. Although I canāt remember much about politics until my platoon sergeant and I were sitting on the hood of a...
Guest Column | Addressing the Fireworks Fundraiser Challenges in King City
To the Citizens of the City of King: We, the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, want to address the challenge we faced this year, fundraising for the aerial fireworks. We had a lot of comments on social media, and we want to...
Window on the World Column | Our Easter Basket
It was time for Easter vacation, and that hadnāt meant much for a while in this household, not having school age kids anymore. We had pledged to take our granddaughter for a few days, give her parents a break, allow her to run wild...
Worthy to Print Column | Hello, Itās Me Again
You may have noticed, or not noticed may be correct, that my smooth young face has been missing from this esteemed periodical for 14 days. Perhaps you were happy to not have to read my scribbling while looking for news, and wondered if my...
Funny Papers Again Column | Pick a Card (Game), Any Card (Game) and Donāt Tell Me Whatā¦
While attending Corkyās final celebration the other day, I heard two card games mentioned by two different eulogists; the games were Pedro and Yaqui. Now, I am familiar with Pedro because I am from Greenfield where for the Swiss, this card game was close...



















