Columns

Coast is Clear The Coast Inn developers were scheduled to come before the City Council on April 1. The developers requested a date change to...

Water Works The past 700 years have been the wettest in California history since the end of the Ice Age. The prior 15,000 years were...

Good Vibrations We all seek transformative experiences, processes that elevate the soul, but they’re not easily found. It happened for the Beautiful Wife and me...

Camouflage I read with interest the Indy article “Camouflage House Pops Up at City Hall.” It was the latest temporary art installation sponsored by the...

Now Is the Time The possibility of pending death weighs heavy on all of us, as we confront the unpredictable and seemingly senseless loss of...

Pivotal Thinking Pivotal thinking is used to deliberately change the direction of one’s thoughts to align with and better meet our needs, actualize our core...

Ancestry.call When I read the Indy story, “City: Bad Cell Service Hindered Sewage Spill Response,” something didn’t smell right. So, as unpleasant as it was,...

Home of the Homeless It has been more than a year now and the Hotel Laguna is still dead. It seems destined to decay at...

One Family Kind readers responded to last week’s column, “Happy 100th, Mom,” so I should report on the event. A quiet dinner with Mom, her...

JJ Gasparotti moved to Laguna Beach with his family when he was 11yrs old. He has loved it ever since.       Bumper Stickers There was a time...

Happy 100th, Mom My clan is gathering: it’s our mom’s 100th birthday. Could I tell you her secret for living to a hundred? Mom had...

I was in line at the Laguna Public Library. I heard the guy in front of me say to the librarian, “I’m here to...

Upgrade Your Attitude   Harmony. Gratitude. Praise. These three attitudes hold the key to transforming the way you are presently experiencing your life. They are the...

Ignoring the Need for Audit Oversight A year ago, January 2019, the city audit firm sent their findings on the June 30, 2018 Comprehensive Annual...

1+1 I was never good at math. So, I’m probably the wrong guy to review the Indy’s “Math Teachers on Maternity See Paychecks Slashed to...