Oxnard-- You know, it never fails when you have diabetes. I went to bed and fell asleep quickly, then I just woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep. IN my world, that means one thing; my blood sugar is low, and if I don’t deal with it, my levels will get too low, and I will start having convulsions and wake up the J-Train. Okay, so I know the drill and came down to test my blood and have so...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Apr 15, 2022
Oxnard-- Well, it’s another anniversary for me, so to speak, as my anniversary of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is April 8. It started in early 1989 when I was married to my first wife. I was overweight and was embarking on a diet. The weight was coming off easily because food suddenly didn’t taste so good, so I slowed down the eating. Then, one day, my vision got blurry, and I neede...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Apr 8, 2022
Oxnard-- So, I had the chance to cover some normal-like events this weekend as Ventura County continues to emerge from the Covid-19 lockdowns. THE events were fun, and people seemed truly happy about being outside and enjoying the camaraderie once again. The Celebration of the Whales on Sunday, March 27, was smaller than previous celebrations, but it was fun. I learned some interesting fact...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Apr 1, 2022
Oxnard--I’m always proud to say that I can grow, learn new things and develop my skills as a journalist. SINCE I got into this business wanting to make it to one of those big-time newspapers, I think to be more like those guys, moving forward, I will take the lede of each story and bury it somewhere deep in the story and make each story vague. It may be a bit early, but there is your April...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Mar 25, 2022
Oxnard-- Sometimes, I need to take a step back, look at what I am covering and take advantage of what’s being offered. FOR example, I covered a great event, the Bulky Item Drop Off at the PAL on K Street, and then I got all involved in getting caught up with deliveries and billing. At the end of the day, when I got home, there were some things in the house that I decided to take out to the...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Mar 18, 2022
Oxnard-- So, it’s Friday afternoon, and I have a new service delivering the paper to my office. There were some delays in the delivery process, so I decided to take advantage of the downtime and finish some office work. OKAY, so I spent the day answering phone calls, sending emails, creating invoices, and printing envelopes. I usually start delivering the paper on Friday, but it became evid...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Mar 11, 2022
Oxnard-- My oldest, Travis, called me the other day to say hello, and I told him that I was out in the field delivering papers. HE said, Dad, aren’t you getting a little old to be delivering newspapers? You should be home sitting in your chair, taking it easy, considering how old you are. I reminded him that, while I am 63 years old, I’m not quite ready for sitting around the house complain...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Mar 4, 2022
Oxnard--My life, in a nutshell, is not fancy. That’s okay; I can live with that. My grandparents on my mother’s side of the family came from Jersey City, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, New York, and said things like earl instead of oil. THERE was nothing fancy at home when I grew up, either. My mother kept the house clean, tried, and failed to make me responsible for cleaning my room, made sure t...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Feb 25, 2022
Oxnard-- It’s over, at last. The mask mandate was lifted on Wednesday, February 15, and we can finally go to the store and not wear a “face diaper” to save ourselves from Covid-19. FIRST of all, I think it’s pretty obvious that science is not the driver behind the change in policy. It’s simple; look at the polls leading up to the midterm election, and people are trying to save their butts....
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Feb 18, 2022
Oxnard-- So, we’re heading into the election season, and it’s disappointing to see news outlets continuing the pathetic tradition of having an agenda and giving coverage to people they agree with and telling all the other candidates, sorry, we don’t agree with you, so you’ll get no coverage. I’VE interviewed two candidates with wildly different points of view so far, and I gave them plenty o...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Feb 11, 2022
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