Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad ā Part III
There is no doubt, when you look around the room of trainers and trainees that this is a perfectly symbiotic relationship of the incarcerated in society, with little hope and aspiration in life, training the unwanted pups, which were rescued from death row. On...
Funny Papers Again Column | Donate Yourself and Be a Volunteer
The definition of the word āvolunteer,ā according to the Oxford Advanced Learnerās Dictionary, is a person who does a job without being paid for it. Thatās pretty straightforward, but in my opinion it falls a bit short of the mark; if one takes the...
Funny Papers Again Column | If Grandma and Peter Did It, Why Not Me?
I have for many years been a reader of biographies, a habit I got into way back in the early 1960s after my parents purchased a set of encyclopedia, which included a series of biographies of famous Americans, one a month for a year....
Worthy to Print Column | Produce by George
They are ganging up on me as I sit here each week trying to bring something to this column that will capture your attention. I keep trying to find a way to start what I hope will, if not entertain, at least peak your...
Worthy to Print Column | Put On Your Mask
Iām beginning to think like my personal nurse. Her opinion is that we will be wearing masks for the rest of time. I would have to agree with her. I have been around for a lot of years and watched my government closely as...
Window on the World Column | Summer Travel Woes 2022
I am a British Citizen, born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, in 1963. I have lived in the USA since 1988 and have been a dual national and dual passport holder since 2003 without incident. I have always felt safer traveling the world with two passports,...
Window on the World Column | Rites of Passage
My baby girl is getting married this weekend and I just canāt believe it. Eight months or so of furious planning and here we are. Your mind flashes back to the first time you laid eyes on her in this world, that sweet, cooing...
Window on the World Column: Youāve Been 2020-ed
āYouāve been 2020-ed.ā Itās a thing, likely to find its place in the modern vernacular, after a year such as this. Fresh on the heels of the ongoing coronavirus plague, folks not being able to return to work, money tight and the future unclear;...
Funny Papers Again Column | It āWasā the Best of Times⦠It āIsā the Worst of Times (With Apology to CD)
Let me begin this weekās column by stating I donāt anticipate the subject to bring anyone to tears but myself. It is important to me to tell this story, but it will be a bit cryptic in that I will not use any proper...





















