Martinez’s words

GOODBYE, Al Martinez. Your column will be missed. I was willing to hunt for you after your column was relegated to the back pages of the Calendar section, but now you’re not even going to be there. Thanks for your artful words of wit, grace, insight and compassion.

PHIL BRIMBLE

Los Angeles

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WHAT were you thinking? To find that yet another literate, thoughtful voice is being silenced was more than I could handle Friday morning. Al Martinez has been a favorite for many years.

I almost always feel transported by his way with words in describing the ordinary or the extraordinary.

BETH SCHRON

Valley Village

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IT is writers such as Al Martinez who compel me to read the paper every day.

He gives language and clarity to both world and personal life issues.

I can’t believe that the L.A. Times thinks it’s a good idea to alienate the very people who continue to read the paper.

JAN MINTZ

Huntington Beach