The Pea-Eye did not come the other day and I was forced to raid neighbor Margaret's Seattle Times box. I cannot eat breakfast unless I have my morning news and cartoon fix while munching my ration of Cheerios and sliced banana and a sprinkle of raspberries from the garden.

I was deep into Hagar The Horrible when the phone rang.

I knew it was Margaret. I knew it was Margaret because she is aware of my addiction

"Jerry? Do you have my paper again?"

"Yes, Margaret," I said. "My Pea-Eye did not come. I looked in the bushes, too. I will bring your paper over right away. Don't worry about the red smudge in the corner of the front page. I spilled a gob of jam on it while eating my toast. You can still read the words but it may be a little sticky."

So I made a quick scan of her copy and dropped it on her porch and got away fast.

Shortly thereafter my own paper was placed on my front porch.

Then the phone rang again.

"This is Margaret" the voice said. "Thank you. I could read through the red smudge but my elbow got a little sticky."

Will our two dailies solve their conflict? Will we have just one paper? I don't know but what if we only have one and the delivery driver misses me and also Margaret?

Of course I could read it on my laptop computer but I tried that once and spilled my coffee on the keyboard.

A couple of weeks ago, son Tim Robinson, associate publisher of this newspaper, was attending the Junction Festival and taking pictures for the Herald. This is a huge event with thousands of residents and hundreds of vendor booths and Tim wanted to get a scenic shot. This required him to climb a ladder so he brought one from home which proved to be too short.

Looking around he spotted a tall one up against a house and seeing no one to ask he decided to borrow it for a few minutes.

He hauled it up the street a short distance, climbed up and took his picture.

He then climbed down and was returning it when a woman ran up.

"Is that our ladder? I thought somebody stole it My husband is going nuts. He is still on the roof."

Jerry is publisher of this newspaper and promises to get his kid to check the roof before borrowing ladders. Jerry can be reached at wseditor@robinsonnews.com