Worthy to Print Column | Staying Busy
Do you like living in a small town? Oh say, like Gonzales or Soledad or any of the South County cities? I really love living here. I know just about everyone, and the people that I donāt know well enough to stop and talk...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Little Card Shop That Is So Much More
I am sure you who read this column have no doubt noticed recently Iāve been a day late and a dollar short, to torture a metaphor. A couple weeks ago I mentioned Maddie and Tae, a singing duo advertised at the Fairgrounds, and as...
Letter to the Editor | Wake up, America
To the Editor:
I submitted a letter to this paper published on April 2 (āTime for Actionā). Please go back and read it. Now I will continue.
Trump: End war in Ukraine on Day 1? Says he ended seven wars somewhere? Everything will be better? Everything...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Fading Miracle, an Outrage, and a Worthy Day
Have you ever been to Macyās? I mean THE Macyās, the flagship store on 34th Street on the island of Manhattan. A couple of decades ago, I had the opportunity to wander about New York Cityās boroughs, all but Staten Island, and of course...
Window on the World Column | Go Dolphins!
If you happen to be at the Soledad Pool (or, more correctly the Soledad-Mission Recreation District) at about 6 a.m., you will see Coach Tessa and her student athletes. Mostly I catch sight of them when I am racing in for water aerobics at...
Window on the World Column | International Flying With Covid
It was supposed to be just a distant memory by now; an inconvenient blink in the eye of all our busy lives and exciting plans. I think we imagined that, once the vaccine was available, people would be scurrying to get it, racing in...
Funny Papers Again Column | āOne Ticket for Greenfield, Please.ā āER, Which One?ā
I donāt believe I am alone in thinking the last two Funny Papers Again columns were just not necessary. While like most citizens, I have personal positions regarding the present political atmosphere in America, but that does not mean I should use space in...
Funny Papers Again Column | Part III: When Wine Came to South County From Over the Western Hills
(Part III will finish up this story of the early days of grape growing in King City. We continue with the drive hauling grape rootings from Coalinga to King City over State Route 198.)
About two miles westward out of Coalinga there begins an incline...
Window on the World Column: Waving across the valley
I cannot remember the first time I met her and her lovely husband. It seems to me that we were friends from the minute I arrived in the valley about 19 years now, so it was a good while ago; and likely at a...
Worthy to Print Column | Small Town at Its Best
Well, if I thought there was lots to do last week, we were even busier this week. First, there was a party for Taylor, this is the young lady my younger calls his sweetie. She has studied to be a counselor to high school...


















