Columns

Sound Off I wasn’t there, but can imagine that attendees heard a pin drop at last week’s city council meeting.  A city councilperson said she...

Mini Me, My Familiar Although more than a week has passed I realized that I’m still angling the kitchen chairs to make it easy to...

Read the Personals LOST MY HEART.  Handsome, shirtless guitar guy at Forest Avenue with a pit bull.  You were singing to the crowd gathered near...

The Senior Scam I never realized the extent and ease with which people prey on the elderly until a recent trip to celebrate my dad’s...

Message in a Bottle The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition is an advocate of marine conservation.  A recent Indy article, “On the Hunt for Water Wasters” explains...

Can’t Cut the Mustard The best part of a drive to San Diego is the portion of the journey through Camp Pendelton. The Marines have...

Laguna Parents, Take Heed It is morning in late January and the Los Angeles Times says the temperature is going to be 87 degrees today....

Read the Personals   CHICKEN WHISPERER NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.  Help!  My chickens have stopped laying eggs.  I don’t know what to do! I have a farm, but...

The Sympathy Trap   Are you concerned that your caring about the complex problems of others is getting you down? Do you wish you could shut...

Risk, Gain, Loss, All Four-Letter Words Four-letter words have a clouded reputation. “Good authors, too, who once knew better words/Now only use four-letter words” (Cole...

Some Gave All The mayor is usually asked to give a speech at the Monument Point Memorial Day ceremony in Heisler Park.  In 1994 I...

Medical Records Bill Moves Ahead Again  Imagine getting diagnosed for a disease like cancer and being told by your doctor that your medical records were...

What is the price tag for school safety in Laguna? It's 4 a.m. and I should be dreaming about drinks with little umbrellas instead of...

Being Spiritual Over a century ago, in Los Angeles, a little-known Black evangelist named William J. Seymour started a revival on Azusa Street. The setting was...

Sideways Motions Halfway through the second quarter, the market has gone nowhere so far this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is where it started...