Columns

Read the Personals WOMEN IN HISTORY celebration.  $10 donation/admission – Special Happy Hour – You are encouraged to wear a costume honoring your favorite woman in...

Steady As She Goes The stock market’s remarkable streak of 15 straight gaining months came to an end in February, when the S&P 500 gave...

Garden by the Sea Arbor Day was an occasion to celebrate and ponder what trees and landscaping contribute to our lives--and to inspire us to...

Once Bootleg Housing is Outed, It Doesn’t Come Back Before the 1993 fire an artist friend was trading construction work for rent. He had demolished...

Bread on Water Laguna is a place of healing; it’s baked into our cake. When Eiler Larsen—the original “Forest Gump” —came he was homeless and...

Give Me a Belt A visitor walks into a Laguna bar. He says to the bartender, “Give me a belt.” The bartender turns out the...

Read the Personals DOGGIE PLAYSCHOOL – Yes, obedience training is good for you and your dog, but sometimes we all need to play, relax, and just...

More Trees, Please Just after I thought I’d covered everything I had to say about the sacredness of trees in my last column, I found...

Backlash Builds on Push to Underground Utilities A new coalition of concerned residents in town called S.T.O.P – Stop Taxing Our Property -- has formed...

Trade Wars or Word Wars? Wall Street is behaving like California motorists treating freeway on-ramps that employ traffic light controls as paved starting blocks. Red...

Charity Begins At Home The place in Laguna to fill your sweet tooth breakfast cravings is a gem of a bakery located in the back...

Billy, Good Bye I attended Pastor Don Sciortino’s service at the Woman’s Club last Sunday. His Net-Works Laguna Beach ministry serves the homeless, those Christ...

An Infrequent Appearance So many seasons had come and gone since I was able to look down from my deck and see the goat herd...

The Waiting Game The stock market sometimes behaves like a teenager learning to drive, switching between hitting the brakes and the gas pedal. A historic...

Savoring Laguna My experiences lately have brought home how privileged I feel to be a part of life in Laguna. It started with a leisurely...