Columns

Ho Hum, Oh Dumb I hate people that flip to the last page of a book and read it’s ending. It’s cheating.   Authors work hard...

RED & BLACK ‘70s EL CAMINO – I think your name is Rick.  I’m Rebecca, long blonde hair, wearing short shorts and Crazy shirt. You...

Money For Nothing Did the Laguna Beach Taxpayers Association die and somebody forgot to print the obituary? I only ask because lately the antics at...

School Sounds My home is close enough to Thurston Middle School that the chimes calling students to class are often audible through the glass windows....

Your Own Family History Life is a fast-moving stream—chaotic, ever changing, uncertain. To find real meaning amidst the turbulence, check those who have finished this...

Twins The Laguna twins were born on February 17, 1978. They were identical twins, except in one minor way. One boy couldn’t see green. One...

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...