Window on the World Column: Secret Sisters
āāTis the season! Join my baking group, send Christmas cheer out to the world, be a part of a Secret Santa, Operation Christmas Child or Secret Sister group?ā Normally, I wouldnāt go there. I donāt have time to be figuring out how to do...
Funny Papers Again Column | Is It Reporting or Opining? That Is the Question
āDonāt bite the hand that feeds youā is an old adage most of us have heard with full understanding of its meaning. It only makes sense, providing one has any sense, to refrain from damaging that which makes survival possible. Now, after reading the...
Guest Column | Take Steps to Achieve Fitness Resolutions
Statistics show that nearly 3 in 10 Americans actually make New Yearās resolutions in an effort to hold themselves accountable. Such a practice is not new. Some 4,000 years ago, the ancient Babylonias made annual promises to the gods to pay their debts and...
Funny Papers Again Column | An End to May Columns ā in 6-Part Disharmony
It is a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning and I donāt have a column written for the noon deadline. In fact, I have only the words you are now reading on paper and no more in my head to follow with. So, I...
Guest Column | Letās Move District 18 into the Future with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
The vast majority of American politicians are in the business of kicking the can down the road, with one notable exception: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren.
I know ākicking the can down the roadā is an old clichĆ© used to reference the arms race, federal budget, childcare,...
Worthy to Print Column | Happy 90th, Nelda
This week is a favor from my readers. Today Iām going to tell you about a very good friend, who I now call family, that has become something special to me and to my brood.
You may remember that some time ago I mentioned that...
Guest Column | Diabetes Awareness: Take Action Today
This year, the Monterey County Needs Assessment Collaborative, a partnership of Monterey County hospitals, health organizations and community agencies, completed a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to determine the healthcare needs of residents.
The 2025 findings identify diabetes as a persistent health issue in Monterey...
Letters to the Editor | Published Sept. 19, 2018
Letters to the Editor | Published Sept. 19, 2018
Window on the World Column | Shop and Support Local
I was going to finish my traveler tales this week ā my account of when we went to pay homage to the Queen of England and then what we did after that ā but I got distracted. No, I felt the need to paint...






















