Funny Papers Again Column | Sights Iāve Seen at āthe Sitesā: Let Us Not Forget
This weekās issue of the Valley newspapers hits the stands three days from Sept. 11, 2021: the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers, in lower Manhattan. Known colloquially as simply 9/11, it is a date etched...
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...
Funny Papers Again Column | From Loop to Loop: Roads We Once Drove
Funny how the mind works. Today I was blankly sitting in front of my laptop with no idea what to write about, tuned to KCBX, the local NPR radio station, when a report from Chicago mentioned the famous circular downtown roadway known as the...
Guest Column | Mee Memorial Recognizes Team Approach in Healthcare During National Hospital Week
Providing quality healthcare in the modern world requires effective teamwork ā a strategy that can immediately and positively affect both patient safety and outcome. Due to the increasingly complex specialization of care, itās rare to find a lone medical professional able to solely deliver...
Funny Papers Again Column | House Sweet House?
Somewhere along the line I am sure I mentioned that I have lived and worked in different locales spread across the country and as such there are memorable episodes, one of which came to mind recently so I thought I would share it. I...
Worthy to Print Column | āCheersā to Kindness
āMaking your way in the world today takes everything youāve got, taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldnāt you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go, where everybody knows your name, and they are always glad...
Funny Papers Again Column | A New, Bright Street and an Old, Dark Ballet
If I were to offer up a descriptive sentence regarding the cityās newly upgraded main thoroughfare, it would be peppered with adjectives leading to superlatives and culminating with comparatives; i.e. āLike the revitalization seen in Old Town in Salinas, the City of King is...
Worthy to Print Column | Just My Opinion
Today as I sit down to put my thoughts to paper, I am very troubled, maybe even frightened. I speak of the current political situation in our nationās capital. I donāt suppose I need to reiterate the situations that are occurring. All you have...
Window on the World Column | Old Men and Dogs
The end of life is a funny old time, isnāt it. Not that we really know when that is. But, as your muzzle gets greyer and your eyes a tad more cloudy, there becomes a time when you can no longer be considered āmiddle...




















