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Parker's Pen by Ev Parker
November 16th, 2009
How much is enough?On Sunday, Oct. 25, I was faced with a choice of evils, a cliché so old that tracing its roots took me back to the sage words of Plato (428-347 B.C.) and Aristotle, a kid who came onto the scene in 384 B.C. and left it in 322.
November 9th, 2009
I’ve heard that
song beforeIn my latest copy of the news magazine The Week, a short item caught my attention.
song beforeIn my latest copy of the news magazine The Week, a short item caught my attention.
November 4th, 2009
We got it all wrong!Another Halloween night has come and gone, and with it the trick-or-treaters, from tots accompanied by their parents to older children making their annual rounds.
November 2nd, 2009
We got it all wrong!Another Halloween night has come and gone, and with it the trick-or-treaters, from tots accompanied by their parents to older children making their annual rounds.
October 26th, 2009
I can’t danceWhenever I read the columns by my Napa Valley Register friend and colleague Jennifer Huffman about a working mother raising her children, I give them my undivided attention.
October 19th, 2009
You’ve done it againA recent story in the Napa Valley Register insert USA Weekend absolutely caught my attention.
October 12th, 2009
The jinxA few weeks ago, after our grandsons had completed their homework assignments and enjoyed another one of grandma’s great meals, Phil, now 9, was watching his favorite cartoon show “SpongeBob SquarePants,” and Robbie, all of 13, joined grandpa in the den for a man-to-man talk.
October 5th, 2009
September 28th, 2009
You better be right!The other day my backyard neighbor Tom McNicholas, a fine man and fellow New Yorker out of Brooklyn, handed me a New York Times clipping titled, “‘The Face of Danger’ Is Changing.”
September 21st, 2009
It’s great to be young15The other day happened to be a scorcher. Although the next day’s Napa Valley Register reported a high of 95 degrees, Phil, now 9, knew better. He’d pointed out to his grandpa as we drove home from his school that our car’s outside temperature gauge showed a sizzling 105 degrees.
September 14th, 2009
TouchéVacation time is over for our Napa Valley kids, and no one has to remind Napa parents and grandparents that learning time is going full blast.
September 7th, 2009
SeptemberI’ve always looked upon the month of September with great ambivalence.
August 30th, 2009
Safe at homeWith our grandchildren back in school and thousands of Napans home from summer vacations, the arrival of my “2008 FBI Crime Index” report had me thinking that perhaps remaining in our beautiful Napa Valley on our summer vacations might not be a bad idea, for more reasons than just surviving the recession intact.
August 25th, 2009
It just ain't fairEvery rare once in a while a reader will send me a clip that causes me to shake my head in disbelief in terms of man’s inhumanity toward some poor souls doing the best they can.
August 24th, 2009
It just ain’t fairEvery rare once in a while a reader will send me a clip that causes me to shake my head in disbelief in terms of man’s inhumanity toward some poor souls doing the best they can.
August 17th, 2009
Shangri-LaAs I spend a summer in close proximity to my grandchildren, I never cease to be amazed at the intellect and wisdom pouring forth from the mouths of two young boys.
August 11th, 2009
It's overThirty-two years ago this very morning I was awakened from a deep sleep by my wife. Shaking my shoulder she excitedly poured out those wonderful words, “It’s over — ‘Son of Sam’ has been arrested!”
August 10th, 2009
It's overEv Parker
August 3rd, 2009
It ain’t what you sayThe other day my Napa friend Rita Guthrie, recently back from a trip to her native New York and Washington, D.C., handed me a copy of the New York Times Sunday magazine.
July 27th, 2009
Only One Herb CaenEv Parker
July 20th, 2009
Brooklyn JoeI ran into “Brooklyn Joe” Hennessey just a few days ago as I was entering the Safeway store on Trancas on my usual cake run.
July 13th, 2009
Copping an ObamaMy generation, labeled “The Greatest Generation,” grew up in a far different America.
July 6th, 2009
Independence DayEach Fourth of July holds memories of a town and county proud of its heritage, and on this past Saturday the evening skies over our homes in the Napa Valley were lit up by fireworks once more — from Lincoln Avenue in Calistoga down past the Veterans Home in Yountville to the wonderful display of pyrotechnics at Napa’s Veterans Memorial Park and the show in American Canyon.
June 29th, 2009
You gotta take your swingWith Napa schools out, I’m spending more time these days with my two best pals and grandsons, Robbie, nearing 13, and Phil, who’ll be 9 tomorrow. I thank God for the time I’ve been given to share some of their adventures and maybe teach them something of value along the way.
June 22nd, 2009
Whatta the odds?A letter arrived the other day from our dear and longtime friends, Terry and Joe Gressert of Punta Gorda, Fla.
June 15th, 2009
One country, one flag, one peopleEv Parker
June 8th, 2009
Gee, you’re looking greatJust a little over a week ago I dashed out of a meeting at the Napa Valley Register and made a beeline to Kolbe Academy and Trinity Preparatory School to pick up my grandson Robbie. The students were taking final examinations ending at noon each day last week, and soon the long summer vacation would begin.
June 1st, 2009
But never heart forgetMemorial Day, formerly Decoration Day, was instituted in 1868 for those boys in blue and gray who had been killed in our Civil War. Since World War I the day has been observed as a remembrance for the young men, and now women, who have given their all in our nation’s wars.
May 25th, 2009
Because it is there!There’s something about the merry month of May that brings out the very best in adventurers. Mountain climbers are no exception.
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