Columns

My dad was a member of the Optimists Club because he really needed it.  Sometimes he just couldn’t resist putting a negative spin on...

SoLag Resident Sounds Off Instead of making a list of personal resolutions for the coming year, I have made a list of resolutions that I...

Trees Geez By Mark D. Crantz The reason why I’ve retired to a drafty monastery way up the mountain is to tell people my loftier thoughts....

Holiday Magic The front of the card said: “Christmas Therapy Group.” It pictured a caricature of a psychiatrist sitting in front of a semi-circle that...

As I was walking into Vons’s supermarket in north Laguna, a woman named Christine Kelton stopped me and asked my name. When I told...

Ours is a town of causes and we’re often asked to contribute, sometimes by buying a chance on a raffle.  This time my friend...

By Katrin Sofie Berg   A tiny island in the Indian Ocean, beaches of powdery white sand, turquoise water, swaying palm trees: Christmas in paradise. Hold that...

Beauty Shots When the Susi Q Senior Center was in the planning stage, the Laguna Beach Seniors board made a fateful decision: we would forego...

Public Improvements Take a Step Backwards When I was growing up in the late ‘40’s and ‘50’s, going camping was what middle class families did....

Are You Receptive? Intuition is called our sixth sense. It is the ability to synthesize the impressions we receive from our five senses and it...

Editor, How lovely to drive along the Coast Highway, rays of sun painting the waves, shimmering, the white crests pounding onto the sand. If you...

Life’s Bargains Black Phoebes are birds that frequent our yard every spring and summer. Balancing for a few seconds on the clothesline and then darting...

Life Hacks Wanted By David Weinstein My column has me exploring Laguna Beach. Last week it took me to the Top of the World neighborhood and...

COVID-19 Blessings Let’s all give a cautious sigh of relief. The Orange County Health Care Agency, the best source of local information, reports hospitalizations are...

Harry, Meghan, You Could Have Done It Here I have a sister who is a very fine person but is burdened by a couple of...