Letter to the Editor | Community Food Pantry Donations
To the Editor:
Recently, the Rustler had an article reporting that Loaves and Fishes has donated $10,000 to the Food Bank for Monterey County (āLoaves and Fishes Donates $10K to Keep Fighting Against Hunger,ā Jan. 20, page A1). Loaves and Fishes is one of the...
Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister ā Part I
āYouāre here.ā I hear your whisper. It comes down on a wisp of wind from the mountains above your home. Where your shell now lies still, and your spirit is at peace. Once listless and always searching, you finally slowed your quest to live...
Window on the World Column | Remodeling My Attitude
I work with houses all the time ā empty and full. āItās much easier to sell if the house is empty,ā I hear myself say over and over to potential listing clients. No dealing with sellers and access; no having to climb over Aunt...
Window on the World Column | The Staples of Life
āDo you have to put those in?ā I enquired of the medical expert, when he was trying to explain the procedure to me. āYes, they are the best!ā he replied.
āSurely there is a less tortuous way to achieve the same end?ā I continued, only...
Funny Papers Again Column | From the Shores of Tripoli to the Streets of Athens to the Library at KCHS
āFrom the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli; we will fight out countryās battles in the air, on land and sea.ā Many will recognize that refrain as the opening words of the Marinesā Hymn; I became aware of the song and the...
Funny Papers Again Column | Soapbox Rants 1 and 2, With an Offer to End With
At the end of this month, Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m. on the northeast corner of Broadway and North Vanderhurst, city officials will have a ribbon cutting marking the opening of the newest addition to downtown. The King City Downtown Plaza and Visitor...
Funny Papers Again Column | And a Good Time Was Had by All
Last Sunday one of the readers of this column listened, patiently I suspect, to my not uncommon lament of having a deadline in the near future and not a single word written, whereupon he responded that I say that every week and every week...
Letters to the Editor for Week of June 14
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Funny Papers Again Column | A King City āHelloā and a Greenfield āGoodbyeā
Unless you have been living in a cave, you are probably aware that there is a rather large event looming on the horizon in the form of a class reunion; and not just a small one either. On Aug. 27 the King City Joint...
Worthy to Print Column | Murphyās Law
Have you ever heard of a guy named Edsel Murphy? He was not a politician or a doctor or any of the professions that are common. You may have heard the name, but perhaps you donāt know why it sounds so familiar. But whether...


















