Bill Kisliuk

“Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!” The sound of my husband’s deep-voiced yell of shock and surprise pulled me out of my reading reverie. And then he did it again, even longer and louder, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” I jumped up from my dining room chair and headed to where my husband was standing in shock staring into the kids’ play area (what for most people is their den).

The other day I was in the middle of a wood working project and I had a problem – how to make a piece of wood completely flat and square with hand tools. I thought: What would Mr. L'Hommedieu say?

On a recent morning, when having coffee with Ray and Joe at the Monticello Deli, after discussing our never-ending health problems as usual, we went on to trying to solve all the problems in the universe. We soon gave up. After deciding to call ourselves “The Three Sages,” we went on to discussing recent positive happenings for a change.

Drive drunk, hit a petestrian and kill him, and what do you get?

What’s next in the world of Napa County transportation projects?

Dear editor, We have lived in our home on Monte Vista Drive for 46 years and have always feared grass fires from the county that surrounds us. The recent fire at First Avenue and Coombsville Road is as close as it has ever gotten to our home. With the winds behind it, the flames moved rapidly up the hill and we were prepared to evacuate, especially because we are on a dead-end road.

Dear Editor, With the threatened closure of more than 200 state parks looming in the near future, volunteerism is more crucial than ever. Volunteers are especially important for our local Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District.

Dear editor, One of Napa County’s most fun and affordable summer camps is located right in our backyard. It’s Las Posadas 4-H Camp in Angwin, and it’s been in operation for 80 years.

No matter how things turn out in Iran in the immediate future, a huge statement has been made by the Iranian people that they want more freedom, and my belief is that in the future we will see the manifestation of their courageous actions.

Ties, power tools and remote control-holsters are passe.

What politically-themed issue makes you want to scream?

As Jillian Jones stated in her June 17 article, Former Napa Police Chief Dan Monez is considering a run for supervisor next year against Brad Wagenknecht, the slow-growth advocate who has represented District 1 for the last 11 years.

Fire out your thoughts here on your topic of the day that is not covered through a Register.com article or opinion item.