One Man’s Trash…

I’m sure most of you are familiar with the story of Landfill Harmonics, the children’s orchestra from Cateura, Paraguay, if not here’s the short backstory. The village of Cateura is a slum, actually a trash dump. The people there make a meager living by salvaging and...

One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure

It’s hard to find a place in California that is not on fire, covered with ash or blanketed with smoke. The drought continues with no sign of relief. Our daughter, Joanna, and her husband lived and worked at Hume Lake Christian Camp during the first five years of their...

One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen

daily grist; a woman drove me to drink and I didn’t have the decency to thank her.  WC FieldsYou can hardly turn the TV on anymore without witnessing six or seven ads over the course of the evening asking your opinion if you think they should legalize...

One of Those

(Editor’s Note—What we’ve noticed about Marcos’ Welcomes is that, most often, they seem to have a huge invisible arm that reaches out and grabs his readers somewhere during the first paragraph. This 2012 outing is no exception.) This is one of those columns. Upon...