Funny Papers Again Column | Tis the Time to Gather and Remember
The body politic of a school campus is known as the student union, so it follows that when a class graduates from the institution, those students are no longer part of the union. There is a tradition within societies that members of a particular...
Funny Papers Again Column | Sights Iāve Seen at āthe Sitesā: Let Us Not Forget
This weekās issue of the Valley newspapers hits the stands three days from Sept. 11, 2021: the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers, in lower Manhattan. Known colloquially as simply 9/11, it is a date etched...
Worthy to Print Column | The Long Journey
Good day! If you are a regular reader of my scribbles, then you know that a few weeks ago we lost the very best dog that has ever lived. Dirt was what a dog is supposed to be. As you might imagine, if you...
Window on the World Column | The Time for Feasting
Weāve been on the gravy train these past couple of weeks and this train has fallen off the tracks. Going home for the holidays is not for the faint of heart, as far as the stomach and waistline are concerned. I had planned to...
Window on the World Column: The Nomad
Iām a brat. There, I said it. I think my mother was the last person who said it to me many years ago and she wasnāt wrong. I have lived and traveled freely all my life. I have cruised back and forth at will...
Worthy to Print Column | You Say Itās Your Birthday
āYou say itās your birthday, well itās my birthday too, yeah. They say itās your birthday, weāre gonna have a good time. Iām glad itās your birthday, Happy Birthday to you. Yes weāre going to a party.ā
Iāve told you before that I enjoy living...
Window on the World Column | Slow It All Down
Thereās nothing like a little bit of Christmas in the shops in October to make you go ⦠āummm what?ā The pumpkins have not even got boring yet and here we are ho-hoing our ways towards the end of December. I donāt want to...
Funny Papers Again Column | Old School Is Now a New School
I was cruising around Greenfield the other day and noticed the construction at the old Greenfield Grammar School, which is what back many years ago we called the present-day Mary Chapa Academy. I noticed that the buildings being renovated were a couple of the...


















