Heart Talk
How Green Was My Valley
The winter rains came in downpours and drizzles this year. As a result, the color I see from my deck...
Guest column
Update from the Chamber
The two questions I get asked most often are “What does the Chamber do?” and “Why should I join?”
The simplest answer...
Wisdom Workout
The Third Choice
I am from a family of 11 kids. Seven boys and four girls. I am second eldest, eldest girl. In big families,...
Guest Column
A Bold Parking Proposal
I encourage you to read the two columns by J.J. Gasparotti in the Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 issues of the...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
OLDER RETIRED GENTLEMAN who lives in a retirement community is looking for a youngish woman to help me with housework. If you...
Does the Wet Suit You
Art in Public Places
An image of Las Vegas can be conjured up by the woman with the “Please Help” sign. There she is, frail,...
Finding Meaning
Kids Doing Better
Sometimes you bump into a subject so uplifting you just have to tell about it. This one’s about a sensitive topic—sex. It’s...
Pet Peeves
Take Turns
One of the first things I learned in elementary school—you have to take turns. Give everyone a chance. So, when I was called...
Does the Wet Suit You
Viva El Paseo
Harley Rouda, our new Democratic Party representative to Congress, had his first town hall meeting in Costa Mesa on Feb. 19. Orange...
Finding Meaning
Spirituality and Lent
It is the spiritual dimension that gives substance to the meaning of our lives. Spirituality is innate, it lies within us all—I’ve...
Village Matters
Laguna Changed My Life
“Oh, those new people, they don’t understand Laguna.” I’ve heard that accusation, sometimes from some of us long-timers who have become...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
GREEN REVOLUTION – We have excellent plans for the future – no plastics. We are opening a restaurant where everything will be made...
Does the Wet Suit You
Build the Parking, Make Tourists Pay
The idea that putting a little bit more parking downtown can fix a massive regional traffic and parking problem...
Musings on the Coast
Huh, The Hot Blonde?
Scene: The Lumberyard
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Day: Wednesday, mid-week, not very many people there.
The Players: Jean, the gorgeous barkeep; me; and someone new...
Finding Meaning
Faith in the Time of Doubt
You have to love the way rock hounds take a common stone and polish it into a thing of...