Window on the World Column | Visiting in Situ
In my newfound practice of giving people an experience instead of a gift, it was going to be our oldest sonās birthday and he was no longer going to be receiving socks and underwears from us, or even a normally coveted plaid shirt. I...
Letter to the Editor: King City Beautification Resumes
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Funny Papers Again Column | An Anonymous Donor and Familiar Dairyman Both in One Week
Any opinion columnist, or letter writer, whose words appear in public is aware that there could be repercussions either laudatory in nature or quite the opposite with slings and arrows; such responses are met and dealt with either by response or with silence. A...
Funny Papers Again Column | āSink or Swimā ā In Greenfield You Can Do Neither
Throughout my educational career I attended college and university at an erratic pace with time gaps of months and even years; but during each of those academic periods there was the need for income. Twice during those periods while attending classes I found that...
Worthy to Print Column | Blessings Abound
I have found out the hard way that this Covid stuff is as bad as they say it is. For the last three days, I have been experiencing the worst sickness I have ever had, that includes being shot twice. My personal nurse is...
Funny Papers Again Column | Looking Back and Seeing Ahead
Before I get into the bits and pieces of todayās column, let me offer a mea culpa regarding some misinformation in last weekās column. I stated that KCHS Class of 1972 has their 50th class reunion scheduled for the same date as the Classes...
Window on the World Column | Training It
I landed at London Heathrow Airport, as I have done many times these past 37 years. I checked into my fave airport hotel ā the Hilton Garden Airport Hotel at Terminal 2 and relaxed for the rest of the day, culminating in a delicious...
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...
Funny Papers Again Column | Variation of Three Dot Journalism
When I was a lad I read the San Francisco Examinerās renown columnist Herb Caen, the inventor of Three Dot Journalism; a form this column ofttimes mimics. Caen wrote his column as a series of items separated by ellipses ⦠the word is Greek...



















