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November 23, 2024

Funny Papers Again Column | A Merry Time at Mee

The next two weekā€™s Funny Papers were about one-third written; they touched upon two subjects of which I had enough knowledge to write first drafts and then follow up with first-hand information. But a nagging little pain in my neck on Thursday morn had...

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Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister ā€” Part II

Lucy Jensen
I told you Iā€™d come back, and I did. I did not say that I would keep coming back. I miss you being here, translating for me. I miss you laying down the law and providing the guidelines over here. I miss you. Period. I...

Worthy to Print Column | Respect for Our Flag

The other day I had invited one of my best friends to come down from Oregon to have lunch and just catch up. Gordon has a son that lives off the grid up in Oregon, and so he spends a lot of time up...

Window on the World Column: Health and Sickness During Corona

During your wedding vows, in less than good health and in slightly better health and all that jazz, you are so caught up in the romanticism of the prospect of ā€” hopefully ā€” being together forever, you donā€™t really think about the sickness part...

Letter to the Editor: King City Police Chiefā€™s Departure

To the Editor: King City was fortunate to have had an excellent police chief like Chief Robert Masterson, and it will happen again. The best chiefs, and other department heads, are found by the best city managers, and King City has just that in Steve...

Window on the World Column | Opening Up the World

Two canceled flights and two Covid tests later, and it looked like the U.S. to U.K, flight might finally be happening. It would have to be via L.A. with a layover, but it beat the boat any day and I would take it. As...

Worthy to Print Column | Shining My Shoes

When you meet someone for the first time, do you ever notice a personā€™s shoes or boots? I always do. Not just a manā€™s footwear, but womenā€™s shoes and boots too! In my family we polished our shoes because we didnā€™t get a lot...

Funny Papers Again Column | The Franchise: Fragile; Handle With Care

I am the first to admit last weekā€™s offering under this byline exists as anemic example of writing, so henceforth Iā€™ll try to be more careful with the space so generously available to me. That said, or read, let us on to a couple...

Window on the World Column | Mapping to Cowboy Country

Lucy Jensen
You cannot be in Idaho without thinking potato. For most of the uninformed world, that is its claim to fame. We noted on the map that husbandā€™s tribe, The Blackfoot or Blackfeet tribe, had their own town of Blackfoot on our route and, not...
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