Worthy to Print Column | When I Grow Up
I guess we have heard enough about the terrible things that are happening in Afghanistan. We all know who is responsible. I know I do. Of course not talking about it wonāt make it any better, but I just wanted to write about something...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Long, Slow-Flowing River ā and Not a Soul in It
I received an email from a fellow who lives out Jolon way, in which I was asked about a situation I had never really considered and I found that I was probably too close to the subject to have ever had the notion enter...
Window on the World Column | The Dog Noodles and Other Sad Stories
Something just crept up inside my tiny brain and said, āOh, you have vacation coming up next month with a lot of moving parts. Maybe you should check on some of those pieces?ā I do listen these days when the female intuition kicks in,...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Easy and Hard Way Ideas Come To Mind
āTelevision commercials are an assault upon the senses and an insult to intelligence.ā
The sentence appears quoted and italicized because I think it is a pretty good opening sentence. Opening sentences are important, as those first words of an author must grasp the readerās attention...
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...
Worthy to Print Column | The Gift of Poetry
Last evening I walked out to my mailbox to check and see if I had any mail. I didnāt, but something better was given to me. My neighbor was playing some music while he played with his children. It was really cool listening to...
Kudos to police for attempt to clean up āCarfieldā
Guest Commentary by Lourdes Villarreal, Greenfield Resident
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...
Worthy to Print Column | Cracking a Smile
Before I get too far into my scribbling today, I would like to say āthank youā to all my readers and friends. It was so kind of you to send me addresses of stores that carried the Big Hunk candy bars. I especially want...
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...

















