Columns

Mindful Flushing This November will decide the next few years for Laguna Beach as we vote on three of the five City Council seats. My...

Historic Holdup The best way to see Laguna Beach is on a walk. My wife Nancy walks me daily. Doctor’s orders. No bag or leash required. Pierre is...

There’s a new acronym—SBNR.  As in ‘spiritual but not religious.’  A lot of people frequent this category.  Pollsters say 20-25 percent describe themselves as...

Are Men Allowed in the Woman's Club? Back in 1922, a group of community-minded women gathered together to form the Laguna Beach Woman’s Club to...

A Hiking We Will Go “OK my possums, listen up!” So says our hiking leader Charlotte Masarik in her disarming British-accented English when she wishes...

Go Around I felt dizzy after reading the Indy’s “Catalina Roundabout to Get Improvements.” The city council agreed to spend $300,000 to beautify the central...

Thoughts from Croatia We’re on the Island of Vis, named for the town of Vis, founded in 397 B.C. It was the first town founded...

“If human beings really were able to take the long view – to consider seriously the fate of civilization decades or centuries after our...

The Gubbins This column was assembled from gubbins collected from the floor of the composition room at Wet Suit World Head Quarters. Last month a red...

Spiritual but Not Religious I’ve said it before—attending Laguna’s churches is as enjoyable as a sunset walk on the beach.  Last Sunday offered two...

The White House 2 Being retired is a difficult transition to make. Before retirement, there was never enough time to do everything. Now there is...

Burnishing Lost History History is a source of meaning if you can find it. Take the recently refinished outdoor art “Boy and Dog,” on Coast Highway,...

Stand Up People This past July 16, the filing window opened for candidates to submit papers to run for seats on the city council and...

To Fight the Unbeatable Foe   From time to time, I, like Don Quixote, dream of impossible things. Maybe it is the Angels making the playoffs,...

Go-Go Art I felt a real connection when reading the Indy’s “Restoration Underway on City’s Oldest Art.”  I need restoration, too. My physical deterioration has...