Winifred Maker

• Winnie's Way: April 4, 2007 Published 04/03/2007 at 11 p.m.

  I watched, on TV, the demonstration marches on Washington, and in cities throughout the nation with alarm.

• To spay or neuter? Published 03/27/2007 at 11 p.m.

  Our California Legislators are at it again with Assembly Bill 1634, by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine.

• The library Published 03/06/2007 at 11 p.m.

  At long last the eagerly awaited new County-City library is open and everyone is cheering. The old library is closed — the one older residents remember fondly as the “new library” of some five decades ago and the struggle to ...

• Party Line II  Published 02/06/2007 at 11 p.m.

  Due to the busybodies on party lines, no local newspaper was needed. The news was spread, like town criers did in centuries past. When in doubt, the hearer could call the victim, to make certain of facts.

• Winter woes Published 01/03/2007 at 9:45 p.m.

  Christmas is over. The New Year is here. The shortest days of winter are over and they are lengthening again. I’m not ready to cheer yet, however. December and January are far from being my favorite time of the year, ...

• Winnie's Way: New Year 2007 Published 12/26/2006 at 11 p.m.

  A brand new year, 2007, stands before us as the old year changes to new. It is a time to look forward, of course. Tough, perhaps, but maybe even more important, we should look back at years past, as many ...

• Winnie's Way: Merry Christmas Published 12/19/2006 at 11 p.m.

  "MERRY CHRISTMAS! "What a warm cheery greeting that is to give and to share with everyone. It conjures up happy memories of warmth, love and happy times shared with friends and families from years past.

• Recent cold spell does not impress Published 12/22/2009 at 3:44 p.m.

  Real winter has arrived with lower temperatures than we have seen for a while.Johnny-Come-Latelys talk about the record cold temperatures, but they have little way of knowing of the cold in years past when there have been really frosty times.

• Thanksgiving: A play-by-play plan Published 11/24/2009 at 8:54 a.m.

  On Tuesday, I took the bird out of the refrigerator along with packages of cranberries, celery, and other fixings.It's Thanksgiving week and time to start cooking.

• New pup Zeke is smart and loving Published 11/03/2009 at midnight

  We have a new puppy at our house. We've had him four months during which he has grown to 53 pounds, seven or eight times the size of my Toy Fox Terriers. They flee from him when he bounces gleefully, ...

• Halloween pranks more fun in review Published 10/27/2009 at 8:40 a.m.

  Witches and ghosts. Ghouls and goblins.Halloween is a favorite holiday for many. Young and old remember they fun they had on Halloween and enjoy the excited expressions of the children who look forward to the coming holiday with its costumes, ...

• Bandit raccoons cause big trouble Published 08/04/2009 at 8:36 a.m.

  Once upon a time, I loved raccoons with their black bandit masks. We'd enjoyed the antics of pet raccoons. That was, however, before we became victims of their frequent raids of garden, orchard and poultry yard.

• Morals, ethics today Published 08/12/2008 at 11 p.m. 1 Comment

  I was challenged recently to reveal what I thought of America’s future. I was sorry to say that I don’t like the looks of what I have seen over the past decades.

• Burned out, again! Published 07/01/2008 at 11 p.m.

  Fire — it can be a wonderful, useful friend or it can become the devil incarnate with the hell of roaring, destroying flames. This has been particularly true in the past few decades. Fires have burned into communities, destroying and ...

• A true fisherman Published 05/20/2008 at 11 p.m.

  There are fishermen and then there are true fishermen. George was one of the latter. When he went fishing with family or friends, he’d come home with his creel loaded while the others had few or none. It bugged them, ...

• China, Olympic host Published 04/15/2008 at 11 p.m.

  The world and I have watched demonstrations this week against the abuse of human rights by China, the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and the abuse of the Tibetan people by Chinese forces. I find it appalling. Yet, even as they ...

• Star light, star bright Published 04/01/2008 at 11 p.m.

  I have always loved the sky full of stars. Looking up at night always gave my heart a lift with its grandeur, one of the most beautiful sights in this world. This is one of the reasons I prefer to ...

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