Worthy to Print Column | Secrets and Confession
I’m going to tell you a secret. Oh, it’s nothing nefarious or secretive. It’s just something I decided to do a few years ago and it hasn’t been a tremendous success. I’m getting older you know. People usually are nice enough that they say,...
Window on the World Column | Rocket Man
It had been a long time coming. Our newsie friend moved from California a few decades back and had been asking us to come and visit for the longest time. There was always a reason we couldn’t make it. Why couldn’t we make it?...
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 to thinking about why...
Window on the World Column | Driving From Then to Now
My first car was a Renault 5 Gordini — black with red seats, never mind some rusty bits around the edges. My friend had a silver one with racing stripes; we were twinning. Sporty girls with our first rides. Babes. I had somehow paid...
Letter to the Editor | Community Food Pantry Thanks Longtime Leader
To the Editor:
Community Food Pantry of King City would like to give a “shout-out” to Donna Myers for her 16 years of dedicated service to the organization.
Donna worked diligently to ensure that those in need of food in King City and the surrounding communities of South...
Window on the World Column | ‘Tis the Season of Gratitude
‘Tis 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...
Window on the World Column | Reconnections
We last saw each other when we were quite young. She showed me photos of herself frozen in time in my childhood cottage. It was definitely her, but I had no memory of it. But there’s something about family ties that makes it not...
Worthy to Print Column | A Day in the Life of a Soldier — Part I
The other day Lorraine and I were talking with a family friend about my column. The friend said she particularly liked the articles about the military, not because she served but because she had loved ones that had served in that little skirmish 10,000...
Letter to the Editor | Helping Customers Reduce Energy Costs as Natural Gas Prices Rise This Winter
To the Editor:
West Coast natural gas prices have been rising this winter, and PG&E wants our customers to know their energy bills are likely to rise as a result.
PG&E does not control the market prices we pay for natural gas, and we don’t mark...
