By Lois Requist Have you become used to people talking to you when there is no one there? No, this isn’t a matter of senility or hearing voices from some undefined source, some outer world. I’m used to a GPS (global positioning system) guiding me as I drive. I bought a Prius about ten years […]
Andrew Kelly: Graduation requirement discussion leaves students, parents with more questions than answers
By Andrew Kelly Special to the Herald With the recent crop of school meetings last month pertaining to the pending graduation requirement shakeup, Benicia Unified School District Superintendent Charles Young and Benicia High School Principal Brianna Kleinschmidt have left Benicia High students with more questions than answers and failed to address their fears about one […]
The A Cappella Handyman: War on Crohn’s Disease
Only a concerted war of intelligent action will eradicate Crohn’s Disease from this planet…What else would you expect? This is the open letter I sent to seven in April 2012 and later included in my column in the Benicia Herald. Open Letter to Seven: Sen. Barbara Boxer, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Congressman George Miller, Dr. Mehmet […]
Mrs. B’s Blather: Do you have a scary story to tell?
Several weeks ago I was in the audience at Berkeley Rep to see “Imaginary Comforts, or the Story of the Ghost of the Dead Rabbit.” Sometimes Berkeley Rep’s selections are really out there. That was true of this presentation. which had asides about a rabbit and a rabbi that was supposed to be humorous (a […]
Benicia Letters Once More: I Sometimes Wonder
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”. He does not plan to publish the book but instead is choosing to share the letters with the readers of the Benicia Herald. The letters continue the storyline of Garrett’s first novel “Benicia and Letters […]
A Different Drummer: And the story continues
I’d like to continue writing about creative writing. The sheer notion of it is like sitting in a room walled in mirrors with a lightbulb swinging on a cord. Everywhere you look, there you are, while there you be. People ask me, “Steve, how is it that you knock out column a week for over […]
Voice of the Village: Can you influence your longevity?
By Judie Donaldson How long do you think you’ll live? It’s a question that must have crossed your mind although it’s not a question with an answer. But how about this one? To what extent do you think that you can influence your longevity? In other words, how much do you estimate is within your […]
The A Cappella Handyman: DooFramus 12,000
(Pedro’s Hot Re-runs: My column from July 8, 2011) It was my senior year at UC Berkeley, 1965. Many of us were enrolled in the Dragon Class of all dragon Mechanical Engineering classes, ME 131 A & B. I think it was called Mechanical Systems or something like that, part of Thermal Systems Division…it should […]
Jon Riley: Concerns about privately run countywide charter school proposal
By Jon Riley Special to the Herald Today, the Solano County Board of Education will be voting on whether to allow a Countywide Charter application from the Elite Charter School. As the executive director of the Napa Solano Central Labor Council, I have been struggling with the issue of charter schools, both personally and professionally, […]
Benicia Letters Once More: Prince
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”. He does not plan to publish the book but instead is choosing to share the letters with the readers of the Benicia Herald. The letters continue the storyline of Garrett’s first novel “Benicia and Letters […]