Randy Kraft’s OC BookBlog: “Properties of Thirst” by Marianne Wiggins
By Randy Kraft
First things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Wiggins’ previous masterpiece, Evidence of Things Unseen. If you missed that...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: Welcome to a New Year of Great Reading
Many wonderful writers publishing these first few months – novels, short stories, essay, true crime and memoir – and many candidates for book groups. Here’s a sampling. ...
A Few Best Books of the Year
By Randy Kraft
I resist making these “best of” lists as a rule, because they’re just one person’s opinion, and this person favors certain types...
Exploring the Fourth Pillar
In this video log, Patty examines the fourth element of her four-part series exploring the Four Pillars of Health. It is discovering your Purpose...
Pelvic Floor Muscles: What’s the Big Deal?
The third pillar of health is movement or exercise. Movement that keeps the curves in the right places and trims the places that need...
Quiet Time: A Pillar of Health
This week’s post is a follow up from last week's blog entry, titled The Four Pillars of Health. Today, I share the second pillar...
The Four Pillars of Health
Do you love looking at yourself in the mirror ... naked? Be honest! Do you find your stomach tells you that you can't eat...
Sleep Your Way to Health and Healing
How did you sleep last night? If you were to tell me you slept like a baby, that would mean you tossed, turned, peed...
“Quality Food. Quality Life.”…Really?!
The slogan on the billboard next to the freeway caught my attention: "Quality food. Quality life." I asked myself what that meant for me...
Natural Healing v. Prescription Drugs
Anticipating her arrival, I walked out my front door and peered over the front deck. She made a powerful statement driving up in a...
Inner and Outer Muscle Unit Synergistic Magic
The “inner unit-outer unit”… do you find these four words trivial? As a Corrective Exercise Specialist, it is my experience the inner unit is...
Life with Coyote
By Paula Olson
Off the coast of Laguna Beach, I jumped off our boat, floated for a minute as my dive buddy, Brian and I...
The Surgeon and the Fuzz
By Patty Pinto
Once upon a time in a not so far away land there was a powerful and vibrant cardiovascular surgeon. The physician, along...
“Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food”
By Patricia Garza Pinto
Last week I spent all day caring for my beloved, sick grandchild, Bella. The season which brings runny noses; sore, tender...
You’re Only As Old As You Feel.
50 Issues of Laguna Beach Magazine
Steve Zepezauer: The Voice Inside My Head
I remember when desktop publishing was invented in the mid 80s. Within a...