Worthy to Print Column | Life Lessons Passed On
I woke up this morning feeling a little down. It seems like that happens a little more often than it did in the past. Donāt feel bad for me, I have no excuse. I have a loving wife and children who say they love...
Worthy to Print Column | No One Has a Happy Memorial Day
Since Memorial Day is coming soon, I thought perhaps we might write a few words about why we have Memorial Day and whoĀ benefits from the holiday. It isnāt just the military that stands tall on this day. I know lots of folks that have...
Funny Papers Again Column | Me and Mee, Again: A Tough Time for Both of Us
It all started about three weeks ago with a stiffening of the neck that while a minor bother for a few days to within a few hours the pain became severe enough that I could not swivel my head side-to-side more than a few...
Window on the World Column | Struggling to Make Peace
āStruggling to make peace with the irreparableā¦ā
I read this line somewhere after the kind of week that will turn you into a zombie ā literally. The sort of week when you wish you could turn back time for a do-over. Then I re-read the...
Guest Column: King City Makes Improvements to Local Sports Fields, Facilities
The City of King has experienced a serious problem for several years regarding the condition of its parks, particularly the sports facilities. They have deteriorated due to deferred maintenance, overuse and a lack of available funding and staff to make necessary repairs.
In response, the...
Window on the World Column | Reconnections
We last saw each other when we were quite young. She showed me photos of herself frozen in time in my childhood cottage. It was definitely her, but I had no memory of it. But thereās something about family ties that makes it not...
Window on the World Column: The waiting
The waiting is the worst. I donāt think there is anyone who would challenge me on that. I get flashbacks to my own cancer diagnosis from 10 years ago. One test slowly crawled to another and you are in the waiting room of your...
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...





















