Guest Column | Monterey Countyās Historic Role in Californiaās 175 Years of Statehood
This year marks the 175th anniversary of Californiaās admission into the United States, a milestone that invites all of us to reflect on the origins, values and aspirations of our Golden State. But it also offers a chance to celebrate the critical role that...
Window on the World Column | Honoring a Local Author
You know how it is when you are older and yet youāre still wanting to do everything? That would be me. I have the urge to consistently go and do all the time, but sometimes my body ā or, increasingly, my knee and hip...
Funny Papers Again Column | To Me This Pet Is All Peeve
I had to do it, the time had come, so I walked stoutly to the middle of the Oak Avenue overcrossing and stepped over the rail, took a long look around me at my hometown of Greenfield, California, then jumped to the dirt below.
That...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Few Things Seen When Biking and Walking
East Greenfield is not an official designation, but it serves my purpose as definition because I can remember a time when the whole of the area east of Third Street was just about the extent of residential property; and most of that was on...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Royal Mess, a Royal Lady and Nonsense
This weekās Funny Papers Again column will not appear in this space. Instead, some other nonsense will appear here. The reason for this is because to present an articulate position in a concise manner on the subject chosen I had to do a little...
Worthy to Print Column | 3 Days to Remember
I woke up this morning wondering who was going to get up and turn on the furnace. I had a secret card with me as I had put our dog Ranger on my side of the bed before we went to sleep. So all...
Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad ā Part I
Driving into the Correctional Training Facility at Soledad and you are reminded of how a secure institution can be. Acres of barren land, no trees, double high-wire fences, guard towers. And thatās how it should be, we know that. But head over to the...
Worthy to Print Column | A Dog Like No Other
Honey, can you come here? I rolled over and took a look at the clock on my nightstand. āYeah,ā I replied, not knowing if the house was on fire or what. Lorraine almost never calls me after I have gone to bed.
We discovered many...
Worthy to Print Column: I was contrary
Sometimes we forget how are motherās guidance shaped our behavior. Nobodyās mother wants to see their children in trouble with the law or school. Yet most of the time we just simply forget and do stupid things that you hope your mother will never...
Funny Papers Again Column | Hopeful Words From a Former Cult Member
In this column, let us venture into the sociological world of politics in the present age through the eyes of a former member of a cult. This particular cult, like most cults, was grounded in religion, in this case Christianity.
This person would have claimed,...

















