Columns

Plain Speaking  Mark Dressler, a drama teacher extraordinaire who has supplied leadership for the drama programs at Laguna Beach schools for many years, took the...

Governing as if Environmental Factors Matter Do we replace our aging roof, or refurbish the entrance gate to our home?  We’re not always able to...

Prehistoric Creatures Close-up Chitonsare primitive marine mollusks resembling trilobites whose fossil record can be traced back to the Devonian Period over 400 million years ago....

Over The Wall I Go I had been building a house in Mexico for what seemed an eternity. The Vatican was built faster. But a...

Miller Captures Forgotten Laguna   “Lunch at the Senior Center, Laguna,” Dec. 25, 1997, Douglas Miller. That was the old senior center at Legion Hall, and...

A Moveable Feast   “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of...

Denise & Mr. Wilson   I’ve changed the names in this column to protect the privacy of the people I’m writing about. My name is changed...

I have a rich imagination. Savoring council’s unanimous vote on the evening of April 4 to halt blufftop development seaward of its present limits...

One Step at a Time   I remember when I was first introduced to the world of motivational success techniques. We were directed to come up...

Slaying Dragons Apprehension and joy, excitement manifest. Beach boy safari, a wave seeking quest.   Checking the lines at Malibu, County Line and Rincon, too.   Searching, seeking, just the right...

By Skip Hellewell The attention span of children is short; experts say the average four-year-old can focus about ten minutes. The good thing is this...

Do we have control issues?   I never smoked a cigarette and I never dyed my hair.  No one could ever persuade me to smoke.  I...

Down to Earth In May of 1971 I had just graduated with a master’s in landscape architecture from the University of Michigan.  I made my...

Greening Laguna via the Orange County Power Authority Would you like electricity that is cleaner and two percent cheaper than Edison offers? Would you like...