Funny Papers Again Column | Meet the Nippers and the Nipperās Nippers
If any of you readers have paid attention over the past few years, you know I do not include a lot of family stuff; we all have family stories, so my use of space in a newspaper as a journal about my family seems...
Window on the World Column | Find Your Passion
āWhy do you like it so much?ā he asked. You could ask a lot of people that same question and they wouldnāt be stumped the way I was. I thought back to the beginning of the passion, the birth of my new hobby. My...
Worthy to Print Column | Making Memories
If you find the time to read my weekly scribbling, you know that I have a love affair with Gonzales. I really love this town and all the inhabitants. The other day I was musing over my coffee when I got toĀ thinking about why...
Worthy to Print Column | My Little Part of Heaven
Iām sure I have told you, probably more than once, how happy I am to live in Gonzales. The people here are just a little nicer than any other town I have ever lived in. Iām sure you agree that you canāt really run...
Worthy to Print Column | Itās Only a Calendar
Iām not a fan of January. I used to be back when I was young, you see I was born in January. Mr. Maker, the best teacher in the world, told me that many famous people were born in January. I used to brag...
Guest Column | Vaccines: Every Day Matters
Itās been a cold, dark year. But now, after a global pandemic brought unthinkable trauma and heartache, Covid-19 vaccines represent a bright, warm ray of sunshine ā more than a glimmer of hope.
The entire team at Mee Memorial Healthcare System is excited to witness...
Worthy to Print Column: Happy Anniversary
It appears that I have passed another milestone in my life. I have lived long enough to be with my wife for 32 years. I almost didnāt make it, but youāll see how it came out. Perhaps you too may recognize some of my...
Funny Papers Again Column | It Was Convivial on the Alluvial
Some years back there was a fellow in Greenfield who owned an airplane, and as I had no qualms about flying in a small craft, there were many occasions to see the Valley and surrounding areas from aloft. Because I spent the first 19...
Who will fulfill the vision of Cesar Chavez?
More than three decades ago, Cesar Chavez, founder of the first successful union for farmworkers, predicted a future in which the cities of California would be run by people who looked like him.
āHistory and inevitability are on our side,ā he said in one of his best-known...
Window on the World Column | Going Home Again
They say you canāt go home again. Itās my experience that sometimes you can, though it is certainly not for everyone. I was recently fortunate enough to be able to spend a week not only in my hometown, but in my home cottage where...



















