Guest Column | Separating From Stuff Is Difficult, but Making a Difference Is Easy
February is the month of love, and certainly not the time to talk about breakups. But when it comes to separating from all the āstuffā in your life, the familiar refrain, āItās not you, itās me,ā rings true.
Editing might be a little painful, but...
Window on the World Column | Another Turn Around the Sun
The clock ticked swiftly on, meticulously in sync with the movement of the world. The hourglass turned again and, before you knew it, I was approaching another big birthday. All birthdays are truly marvelous, honestly, another trip around the sun, a bonus chance to...
Letters to the Editor | Published Jan. 29, 2020
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Worthy to Print Column | Itās About Time
Thatās what I told the guys working on my pickup. Itās about time you guys finished putting all the parts on my old Ford. I might have told you that I am in the middle of re-doing my truck. It was hard to let...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Twelfth Month and Its Celebrations Around the World
For those who do not recall Funny Papers Again of two weeks ago, it was about Christmas and so I had done some research about December celebrations, but due to word allotment it was omitted because I went on, some would say, on and...
Worthy to Print Column | The Magic of Movies
Excuse me if I am a little maudlin this week. Lots of things happening and most of them are about where I am in life. Have you ever sat down to reflect on your position and what went right or wrong?
Iām not a particularly...
Worthy to Print Column | Will We Ever See Another 9/12?
Do you remember how you woke up on 9/11? Were you awakened by a friend who almost yelled at you to turn on the TV and see what was happening, or what you thought when you watched another plane crash into the World Trade...
Funny Papers Again Column | Keeping up the Image and Miscellaneous Bits of Pieces
It has been mentioned before how I always felt, and had support of some readers, that the photo that accompanied this column just was not how I appear to the world. I wore a mustache without beard for only about five weeks and with...
Guest Column | As the Pandemic Persists, Itās Even More Important To Receive Flu Shot
The Covid-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines for 18 months ā and rightly so. But there is another respiratory virus that still demands our full attention.
Iām referring to the all-too-common influenza, a viral infection that can be deadly, especially in high-risk groups. The flu...


















