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The Tree in the Forest If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?...

Curate and Edit Curating and editing sounds innocuous, even positive, right? Until we find out that those words apply to the existing trees on lower...

For Many Lagunans Earth Day is Everyday Since the first Earth Day, 51 years ago on April 22, 1970, the planet’s condition has become more...

Stocks are alternating up and down days, creating a chart pattern that looks like an electrocardiogram. The market’s uptrend remains intact but under some...

Pilgrim’s Progress Blocked at the Gate         Death. Mortality. Spring-like thoughts they are not. Spring is about new life, beginnings not endings. Why then such gloomy...

The Beautiful Ones Happy New Year. I’ve been pondering death a lot lately, what with another trip around the sun and the spate of heartbreaking...

Debating History   “Old is not necessarily historic.” Ilse Lenschow, DRB member   “A replica is not heritage… it does not have a connection to history.” Mayor Jane Egly   Preservation of...

Why Won’t Village Laguna Debate? To all you nice, sweet ladies and men of Village Laguna (VL), so smart, dedicated and so sure that what...

By Kate Rogers, Special to the Independent Laguna school Supt. Sherine Smith and other district leaders discussed the newly adopted Common Core curriculum standards that...

Mini Me, My Familiar Although more than a week has passed I realized that I’m still angling the kitchen chairs to make it easy to...

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...

Bite-sized chunks of writing to whet your brain's appetite.   Edited by Christine Fugate & Sally Eastwood   On the Menu: Appetizers: "Canaries for Christmas" by Adele Kopecky "Lost In Translation:...

Let me state the obvious: Theme parks are fun. But do you know how to make them more fun? Go without your kids. Seriously. I went to Knott’s Scary Farm with a girlfriend and had a blast.

Are We Becoming More Ignorant? Maybe we dont see it in Laguna Beach. After all, look at us. Of residents over 25, 97% have graduated...

The Meaning in Hymns I worshipped at Neighborhood Congregational Church recently for the kick-off of their community mosaic mural. Promoted by energetic Pastor Rod Echols,...