Guest Column | Letās Remain Vigilant, But Donāt Neglect Your Health
Even as Covid-19 vaccinations roll out across the country, the daily threat from this virus remains ā especially in rural areas such as South Monterey County.
We all need to remain vigilant, with a strict adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Window on the World Column | No Doubting the Universe
āNo doubt the universe will unfold as it should,ā I tell my husband (sort of citing my favorite poem āDesiderataā). This was after we returned home from our neighborās place up the hill. Most times you go to neighboring homes and receive tomatoes or...
Window on the World Column | The Journey Home
My friend from Salinas works for Monterey County and is a proverbial animal nut like me. She contacted me one day and told me that her husband had been working out on Metz Road and the residents there had told him about a stray...
Funny Papers Again Column | An Anonymous Donor and Familiar Dairyman Both in One Week
Any opinion columnist, or letter writer, whose words appear in public is aware that there could be repercussions either laudatory in nature or quite the opposite with slings and arrows; such responses are met and dealt with either by response or with silence. A...
Letter to the Editor | Faith and Action Urged on Ash Wednesday
To the Editor:
Today is Ash Wednesday, the day Christians are reminded they will return to the dust from which their sacred teachings say they come.
Those teachings also tell them to do justice and let the oppressed go free. āYou shall be called the repairer...
Funny Papers Again Column | This Just In: Sacramento Lawmakers Scuttle Local Columnist
For todayās column I cite Joe Mathews as main source. Joe writes the California Connected column for Arizona State Universityās publication Zocalo Public Square (which is redundant as a zocalo is a public square, but I digress).
Instead of taking a dramatic approach where I...
Window on the World Column | Habitual Early Mornings
I was under the, apparent, misunderstanding that it takes three weeks to form a habit. (Some bad habits maybe sooner, but a life-changing habit, that is!) Come to find out in a study published by the European Journal of Social Psychology (I guess they...
Worthy to Print Column | Get On Your Horse
I want to write today to speak to you about what I have been thinking as this old world of ours starts spinning out of control. We can all hold hands and pray, which wouldnāt be a bad thing, but letās try to trust...
Worthy to Print Column | Still Learning
I love living in the Salinas Valley. I have always loved this part of the state. Oh sure there is the wind, but that you have to have something to dust while cleaning house. I will say that you really never, as our early...




















