Funny Papers Again Column | School Daze⦠in Two-Part Harmony
It is not uncommon that readers will occasionally offer nice comments about Funny Papers Again, and because Iām only good at speaking to people when they are an audience and Iām working from a script written by someone else, I usually find myself tongue...
Worthy to Print Column | Family Times and Traffic Woes
I have been working out of my house for the past few weeks, and like the promises of AT&T the entire internet has gotten to be very sporadic in reception. I was mumbling to myself when I was asked to go to the store...
Guest Column | Take Part in King City Beautification Week Effort
Welcome to our 29th version of King Cityās Beautification Week, June 19-27, 2021. If you are ready to leave behind your Covid-19 mask, then let me recommend the fresh air and exercise you get by picking an outdoor project to beautify your home or...
Guest Column | Pandemicās Toll on Mental Health
When will the pandemic end? Thatās a complicated question, and difficult to answer. There will be no ālight switchā moment where our lives suddenly return to what we call ānormal.ā In many ways, this pandemic has been like a long, destructive storm, perhaps a...
Window on the World Column | The Gammy Leg
āYouāre limping again,ā he said (again). āYES! FULLY AWARE AGAIN OF THE FACT IāM LIMPING. DONāT MENTION IT ALL THE TIME!ā (I donāt think he will for a while.)
Iāve had a gammy leg, as father would say, for over six months now. When you...
Window on the World Column | āTis the Season of Gratitude
āTis the season of gratitude. I like that season. Close on its heels is the season of giving and sometimes that is also a good season; but Thanksgiving ranks right up there in my chosen holidays. Gratitude is such a simple but powerful sentiment...
Guest Column | Monterey County Free Librariesā 5 Things to Celebrate in February 2026
Happy February! In February, we have Valentineās Day, Presidentās Day and so many things to celebrate.
1. February is one of our favorite months because it is also Library Loverās Month! Do you love your library? There are many ways to show your library love....
Funny Papers Again Column | A Long Look Back: A Seniorās Prerogative
For those of us with multiple decades behind us as we continue our personal journeys toward some inevitable end, it seems the compulsion increases to reminisce about the time known as the Holiday Season. Or maybe it is just me.
How the marked days at...
Funny Papers Again Column | Missouri and Florida: Never the Twain Shall Meet?
I have always enjoyed words and how they are used, but as I have not kept up on the grammatical, I frankly admit to longer being able to accurately describe, or recognize in use, the dangling participle or the gerund, nor would I be...





















