Columns

Up the Creek I have a new dog, Poppy. I give credit for this column to my old dog, Pokey. She’s my muse and the...

Adventures in Yoga Land As readers of this column may recall, last summer I began taking yoga lessons from a hot young thing named Kyrui...

Sunday’s very last performance of the Laguna Beach High School’s musical “Bye Bye Birdie” was also the rendition of the last musical production by...

Are You Happy? Given all the holidays when we send wishes for happiness to those we love, let's delve a little deeper into our personal...

Call Him Jeremiah: Laguna’s Homeless Prophet The raw energy of fear spilled out and ran through each diner, making them a cascade of dominos going...

New Neighbor Takes Advantage Don’t you hate when an out of towner comes to our small town and tries to reach into your pocket because...

Feathered Friend, a Year-Round Resident In the late nineteenth century, snowy egrets (Egretta thula) were hunted almost to extinction for their showy breeding plumes (aigrettes),...

Window Treatments I have a confession to make. I’m a busybody. Nobody likes busybodies. My shrink diagnosed me as a busybody in our first hourly...

Laguna Needs a Skatepark By Michele Hall “The process of getting a skatepark teaches kids in the community valuable lessons about perseverance and that working with...

Make Your Rooms Bloom Why do we like to look into the homes of others? There is a simple voyeuristic pleasure, of course. Other times...

Wedding Bells Thank goodness I wasn’t invited. I read in the Indy that the first couple married in a civil ceremony by Laguna Beach’s city...

If you are like me and have a child in the Laguna Beach Unified School District, this past week you received another all too...

Round And Round It Goes Round and round it goes, and where it stops the Chairwoman knows. Wall Street is intensely waiting for the next...

Parade Rest I attended the 48th and 49th Patriots Day Parade. I grabbed a good spot across from Fire House Engine Number One right after...

Editor, Even though my sons were never educated in the Laguna Beach school district, as a scientist I do want to raise my voice in...