Window on the World Column | Fishing Is Not Just About … Fishing
I have learned recently that fishing does not have all that much to do with catching fish. Iām sure it does in the big leagues and the commercial fisheries of the world; but in your average household that owns a couple of poles, itās...
Window on the World Column | Traveling With a Cold
I couldnāt help it, I had to cough. My throat became the most horrendous tickle fest. It was coming; everyone was looking at me. Noooo! Then, once I started, I couldnāt stop. The lady near me swung around in her chair with her latte...
Funny Papers Again Column | And a Good Time Was Had by All
Last Sunday one of the readers of this column listened, patiently I suspect, to my not uncommon lament of having a deadline in the near future and not a single word written, whereupon he responded that I say that every week and every week...
Guest Column | Longevity Starts Here: Daily Habits for Healthy Aging
September is both Healthy Aging and National Self-Care Awareness Month, making this the perfect time to spread the word about how self-care can positively impact our long-term health.
As we get older, it becomes increasingly important to be intentional about how we care for ourselves,...
King City approves street improvement plan
Commentary by Steve Adams, City Manager, King City
Funny Papers Again Column | To Believe or Not to Believe, That Is in Question
As we speed along on Spaceship Earth toward that day that marks the completion of another free trip around the sun, we first observe days set aside for religious and secular purposes. The generic term for this time of year is the Holiday Season.
While...
Guest Column | How Farmworkers Outlawed āEl Cortitoā 50 Years Ago
For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as āEl Cortito,ā was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept farmworkers stooped over for long hours each day. Workers were only able to stand and stretch when they reached the...
Window on the World Column | The Perfect Day
The perfect day was on order for the chosen celebration of life of our very own valley girl. Blissful sunlight through the oaks on River Road was on the menu, as was some delightful company. I arrived on top of some very ripe vines...
Letter to the Editor | Different Views
To the Editor:
I appreciate that the Rustler has the good senseĀ to carry two columnists who make the newspaper interesting. In todayās world, I think that is somewhat unusual. And I, along with others, would like to see this continue, good journalism.
Both are family men...
Window on the World Column | Donāt Blink
She was already 10 days later. My sister Rosie and her best friend Charla had been there at our house for the birth that didnāt happen (they did leave behind a very nice teddy bear called Rob who is still around today), and then...





















