Urbanus

My friend, Monika Rose, and her husband, Gary, are having their 50th wedding anniversary. Boy, that seems like an awfully long time. I’m not even close to that. Of course, I didn’t get married until I was twenty-nine. I figured, what’s the hurry? I almost met someone in college. When she finally agreed to go out with me after months […]

I didn’t realize how advanced cloning has become. From a sunflower-size piece of tissue, preferably skin or part of an ear, just about any animal can be cloned. It doesn’t matter if they are alive or dead. Did you love Fido, your dog, so much you want him back? Got $35,000? No problem. Sylvester the cat? Same thing. Want to […]

I appreciate the Calaveras Enterprise giving me a voice, especially during these trying times. Of course, what good is an opinion if we lose our county newspaper? I told Corissa, the editor, that she should steer the Enterprise toward local issues and away from national politics, if that would mean the Enterprise continues as our local paper. A lot of […]

I often use humor and satire in my columns to get a point across. I don’t claim to be an expert about anything other than plants. And I like to say that I have a BS Degree to prove it. It’s a shame when a self-described constitutional expert posts lies in our county paper. Now, if it was a satire, […]