Columns

Sid’s Paradise I met Sid at my local cove late the other afternoon. It was hot, humid and windy. My intention was to kayak if...

Keeping Promises Horst Noppenberger’s article,   “Addressing the Town’s Evolving Needs,” in the Feb. 7 edition, like the associated rendering, needs some added perspective. The picture shows...

It Can’t Happen Here By Michael Ray We do not think it can happen here. I live above Diver’s Cove in a house...

     The Present and the Future have agreed to a blind date. They each have considerable charisma and are highly regarded as substantial within their...

  We’re not even in the top 14 happiest places nationwide, according to a University of Vermont study that correlated cities across the country with...

Summer of Change  We have recently learned that Maggie’s four closest friends will be moving away from Laguna sometime this summer. Three are moving to...

Past Presidents Are Tweeting   @James Madison – Hello @Dolly.   @Ronald Reagan – “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”  LOL   @MartinVanBuren – Sorry to hear...

Teachers Lounge As a student many years ago, I always wondered what went on in the teachers lounge. It was off limits to students and...

Read the Personals ELECTRIC SCOOTER Eco-friendly, nearly brand new – Must sacrifice because I almost got run over by street traffic. Price was $1,700 plus. Please take...

Getting Past Veneers   What would it have been like to live in Laguna Beach 100 years ago? The idea of an undeveloped coastal town is...

Poetry Runoff Whew. I read in the Indy that the first case of an offending tree obstructing the skyline has been settled. Only a few...

By Nessa Kavanagh  In 90s Ireland, gender separated our secondary schools, and the Catholic Church governed 95% of our educational institutions. Some of our teachers...

Ancestral Ties Do you remember Pan Am, the airline that brought us the golden age of international travel? Back in the day, Pan Am’s lovely...

Love Wants to Dance  Love is a context, not a behavior. Marilyn Ferguson – The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980)  The fall season officially arrived last weekend. It...

Downhill Race We’re  going to go to Orlando, For school winter vacation.   No skiing then?   Grandma Clay says we’ll have more, Fun in Florida than in Vermont.   Hmnn… Grandma Clay, Not...