Worthy to Print Column: It’s Just a Phone
Do you have a “smart phone?” I’m not sure what makes a smart phone or a dumb phone, but I’m pretty sure I got the dumb one. I mean, I see folks walking around all day looking at their phones, and if the phones...
Window on the World Column | Busy People
Busy people stay busy. And not much alters with time, despite your best efforts to spend more time relaxing at home with a novel, or … ahem … working on your own novel.
As many of you know, I have been trying to work on...
Worthy to Print Column | I Can See My Memories Clearly
“I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way!” My eye surgery is over and I’m a happy patient. Yes, it was done by a Veterans Administration doctor who looked suspiciously like a college student, but he...
Funny Papers Again Column | My Efforts to Outsmart Hercule — and Two Blasts From the Past
I am attempting to solve a mystery before a world-famous detective, once again, solves it. The task is not an easy one, but I feel I am up to it given my years of experience; reading experience, that is. I have for more years...
Letter to the Editor: We Must Hold School Board Accountable
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Worthy to Print Column | Go Vote! Go Vote! Go Vote!
Ah, did I misspell any of those words? If you haven’t sent your vote in, please do so! I suppose you are wondering whom I am going to vote for. I mean, you know that I am a conservative and will be following my...
Window on the World Column | My First Impressions
I’ve been living in America for 35 years now. Almost to the day. There you have it. I am either very old — or I came to this country very young — you be the judge of that. It is truly amazing how time...
Window on the World Column | The Sparkly Glasses
On the occasion of my sister’s 50th birthday — were she still alive — I was up in San Francisco with my friend. I really struggled with the fact that sister should be celebrating her big milestone birthday with the world who loved her,...
Worthy to Print Column | Nobody Can Beat Two People
I have a saying that is used just about every day: “Nobody can beat two people.” I know, it sort of sounds strange coming from a guy that hasn’t raised his hand against anyone in at least 25 years. I mention raising my hand...
Worthy to Print Column | A Close Call
The other day I received a phone call from a very nice lady from the Eden Valley Care Center facility. Her name is Pam Hernandez, she is the social services officer at Eden Valley. She mentioned that she was putting on an affair at...
