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January 29, 2026

Window on the World Column | The Staples of Life

Lucy Jensen
ā€œDo you have to put those in?ā€ I enquired of the medical expert, when he was trying to explain the procedure to me. ā€œYes, they are the best!ā€ he replied. ā€œSurely there is a less tortuous way to achieve the same end?ā€ I continued, only...

Funny Papers Again Column | Birthday Memories, a Helpful Group and a Hungry Desert Animal

Steve Wilson
I had eggs benedict with my daughter on my birthday on Park Row. That was a treat not for just the company, Jenny lives in Florida so we don’t see each other near enough, but also because of the food, which was delicious, and...

Worthy to Print Column | Deadlines and Dinners

George Worthy
Did you find something different in your mailbox this past weekend? By different I mean something that wasn’t there. By something that wasn’t there, I mean my weekly scribbling. I have to tell you that it was all my fault.  You see, like all newspapers,...

Worthy to Print Column | Lazy Days of Summer

George Worthy
ā€œCome on, Honey, I promise you will like it. You know how you love swimming.ā€ Her tones were soft and inviting. I had been listening to her try and get me out of the house by going to the city swimming pool. It seems that the...

Worthy to Print Column | And Then There Was One

George Worthy
So I’m sitting in my favorite chair lacing up my tennis shoes when the phone rings. I’m only a little concerned because Lorraine pays all the bills and she has not advised me that we are in trouble. I look at the phone only...

Window on the World Column | Time Waits for No One

Mother’s Day just passed us by in America and Australia. England celebrates theirs in March. Why the world can’t align days like this, I will never know. It’s probably along the lines of why humanity can’t get along with humanity; but I digress. My...

Letter to the Editor | Privileged to Have Worked for Late King City Attorney

To the Editor: I recently lost my employer of 52 years, Attorney Peter Anderson, when he unexpectedly passed away after heart surgery. He was one of the hardest working, kindest persons I have ever known. He would always stop what he was doing to answer your...

Window on the World Column | The Highs and the Low Tides of Life

There is something about the silence of an empty house that is so comforting it is almost not empty at all. When the voices have left the building, the last car door has slammed and the final cup of tea has been consumed, the...

Window on the World Column: Health and Sickness During Corona

During your wedding vows, in less than good health and in slightly better health and all that jazz, you are so caught up in the romanticism of the prospect of — hopefully — being together forever, you don’t really think about the sickness part...

Worthy to Print Column | Running Away From Home

George Worthy
When you were young did you ever run away from home? I had two older brothers that caused me to think real seriously about where I would go and what I would do if I were to ever leave my home and parents. Usually...
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