Funny Papers Again Column | What a Long, Strange (Round) Trip Itās Been
Todayās Funny Papers will be a bit abbreviated for no particular reason other than I have so much to write about there isnāt room in one, or 10, columns, so Iāll make it brief. For those unaware, which is I suppose most of you,...
Guest Column | All Californians Deserve Access to Healthcare, Agriculture Workers Included
As a former California State Assemblymember and Monterey County Supervisor, I am deeply concerned about the pressing issue of rising prescription drug prices and healthcare accessibility. Our stateās progress depends on the advancement and well-being of all its communities, especially those at risk. With...
Worthy to Print Column | Shining My Shoes
When you meet someone for the first time, do you ever notice a personās shoes or boots? I always do. Not just a manās footwear, but womenās shoes and boots too! In my family we polished our shoes because we didnāt get a lot...
Window on the World Column | The Annual English Tea Party Is Back
It has been a very long time since our last tea party ā 2019, if Iām not mistaken. Prior to Covid, the annual tea parties were very popular. Then Covid came along and sucked all the fun, drove our traditions into the ground. Somehow...
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,...
Funny Papers Again Column | Moon Trees, African Grapefruit and Annual Farm Day Returns
Most of us know sunflowers. In the Salinas Valley, they are a common sight in yards and fields up and down and across the land. Many among us remember rows of the tall, large yellow blooms were spaced among the row crops as wind...
Window on the World Column | Restoring to Her Former Glory
The love affair began back in the ā80s, as many love affairs do. There had been no specific run up to this particular affair, except, as he confessed, dolefully, āI had a Corvette and we were a family of four.ā I thought it was...
Funny Papers Again Column | This Is the Best Thing We Do ⦠This Is Our Finest Hour
I uttered those words last Thursday evening from an outdoor stage during an event that, for me, is THE event of the year: The King City Community Scholarship Foundation Inc. Drive-In Banquet. Unlike fundraiser events where the goal is to enlarge the coffers of...
Funny Papers Again Column | Music, Music, Who Has the Music?
Many times, over the past five decades I drove between Southern California and the Salinas Valley on El Camino Real, aka the 101, and so am very acquainted with the stretch of asphalt from Santa Barbara to SoMoCo. Now, like motorists everywhere finding a...




















