Window on the World Column | Remodeling My Attitude
I work with houses all the time ā empty and full. āItās much easier to sell if the house is empty,ā I hear myself say over and over to potential listing clients. No dealing with sellers and access; no having to climb over Aunt...
Funny Papers Again Column | Golf Program for Local Youth Hits a Hole-In-One
I do not know much about the game of golf. Not sure even if golf is referred to as a game, or a sport or a hobby or what. What I can see about the game, let us stick with game, is that a...
Letter to the Editor | Deadly Force at School
To the Editor:
One of the default solutions offered for countering an active shooter in a school is arming teachers. Thus, ensuring that āthe schoolā can push back on an intruder rapidly and lethally.
At first glance, this solution rings true; but is it really? Like...
Window on the World Column | No Doubting the Universe
āNo doubt the universe will unfold as it should,ā I tell my husband (sort of citing my favorite poem āDesiderataā). This was after we returned home from our neighborās place up the hill. Most times you go to neighboring homes and receive tomatoes or...
Window on the World Column: The Not-Fun Week
They said it was going to be really fun being home alone-ish (I have dogs). They said I would be able to write and relax, read and re-fill my spiritual cup. In addition to working and ranching and trying to figure out everything myself,...
Funny Papers Again Column | Seniors: Come Learn, Dine, Sing, Dance!
I am a senior citizen. There is no getting around that, no matter how much I attempt to mitigate the fact. I know this because of what society tells me with progressive programs, private sector directives and legislations starting with age 55 years when...
Window on the World Column | The Foxy Lover
He became quite the character of sorts, a fixture on the rather rough and tumble Nestles Road in Soledad, surrounded by rough ground and abandoned buildings. If you happened to pass by during the latter part of an afternoon, you might see him sitting...
Window on the World Column | No Need to Quarantine Here
It seemed as if it should be simple enough. Used to be that way. I wanted to go to my hometown of my home country and sprinkle the ashes of my oldest friendās mother on the sea wall, where we used to hang out...
Worthy to Print Column | I Am What I Am and Thatās All That I Am
I suppose that today I should write something about how messed up our government is, but I think that would be too easy. There is no use in restating my thoughts about how miserable it is being run right now. If you read anything...
Worthy to Print Column | Life Lessons
Itās kind of strange to start a column like that, but I have been struck with a book I have been reading and I havenāt even finished the first chapter. Itās called āHillbilly Elegy,ā by J.D. Vance. This is the guy the Republicans have...
















