by Rex Keyes — April is here and so is spring. “Spring has sprung.” Flowers are popping up everywhere and the deciduous trees are blossoming and putting out their leaves. Continue Reading →

by Roger Freed — Mosquitoes are evil little geniuses. They are adept enough to fly up, whine in your ear, then take off laughing as you whip yourself in the Continue Reading →

In May, I’m going to Mexico to ride my bike 50 miles over a mountain from Rosarito to Ensenada. I did this a few years ago and vowed never to Continue Reading →

by Ted Gargiulo — I never realized how many caring relatives and acquaintances my mom had until she wrote them about her cancer.?People I hadn’t seen or spoken to in Continue Reading →

by Rosie Sorenson — Apparently, it’s not enough that I made a contribution to the economy, say, by buying a rubber chicken from Amazon. No. After my purchase they have Continue Reading →

by Stefan Chapman — Hello other raccoons of Monterey. It’s P. Lotor here, long-time user of your newspaper for a place to sleep, first-time writing in. I wanted to talk Continue Reading →

By Zachary Michael Jack — Lately I’ve begun to cast an envious eye on the treatment given our furry companions. It’s clear to me that in many places on the Continue Reading →

by Robyn Justo ± I recently walked away from a relationship with a virtual partner, virtual in the respect that he was barely there. I ran into a good friend Continue Reading →

by Roger Freed — It isn’t often one sees a saber toothed squirrel. Of course, it isn’t often one wants to see a saber toothed squirrel, but when one does Continue Reading →

by Rex Keyes — In February we had high winds and lots of rain with power outages throughout the county. On our street a tree fell down over the power Continue Reading →

by Laura Sottile — What happened to the TRUTH! It was just here! Did you see it? Has anyone heard where it went??? Does ANYONE KNOW WHERE THE TRUTH HAS Continue Reading →

by Debbie Harris — I like to challenge my brain, so I subscribe to two dictionary sites that email me a vocabulary word each day. I’ve been doing this for Continue Reading →

by Daria James — Springtime is here; the weather is getting nicer and not hurting my face when I go to work in the morning. If you live in Southern Continue Reading →

by Ted Gargiulo — Is it my imagination, or does there seem to be a upsurge of vehicles crashing into buildings lately? Almost every day we read or hear about a Continue Reading →

by Rosie Sorenson Cloning an extinct species seems to be the new Chia Pet among scientists these days: I want to bring back a woolly mammoth! I want to bring back a Continue Reading →

by Robyn Justo — They say that Maui lets you know when it’s time to leave the island. There are always signs. I have had a delightful run here, but Continue Reading →

by Daria James — The other day I helped push an older man in a wheelchair up the street. It was pouring rain on a cold winter day in DC Continue Reading →