Columns

It’s summer and the trolleys are running. Riding them and being under cover, being inconspicuous eavesdroppers, we can witness impressions of our town and...

Sizing Up Newcomer Tommy Bahama    Restoration of the historical Heisler Building downtown is near complete and tenant Tommy Bahama is set to open shortly. The store...

I was away a couple of weeks and returned just after Labor Day to discover that the season had changed even before the autumn...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but what SUP?  Oh no, non-sanctioned stand up paddleboard classes are up, that’s what. ...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but there are strings attached.  Ping!  It appears that string instruments are making a...

Tipi Trials  By Carrie Woodburn, Special to the Independent I am the homeowner with the sweat lodge and tipi. I am saddened and surprised by the...

  Camptown Stays, Oh, de doo-da Day A friend, or someone I thought was a friend, said to me, “Let’s go camping. Escape the rat race....

Dolphins leap in the distance behind us as the mainland recedes. There is no wind today. We have been motoring the 36-foot trimaran in...

Moms Saving the World Sunday is Mother's Day, an event that annually challenges our ability to adequately express appreciation for the gift of life and...

By Marion K. Jacobs, Ph.D   We had to keep adding chairs to accommodate all the people who showed up at the Woman’s Club last Thursday...

Montage Checkout I was a witness. I was standing in line to check out at the Montage. The guy in back of me settled his...

Cultivating Mental Flexibility  The word "pivot" means to consciously change direction. When applied to our thinking processes, it is the ability to deliberately choose thoughts...

Sky is Falling Everyone knows the story of Chicken Little. It’s a folktale about a chicken running around predicting the world is coming to an...

Read the Personals ANTI-STRAW PROTEST group forming.  Don’t let the wait staff or bartender put that plastic straw in your drink!  Straws pollute the atmosphere...

An excited buzz came to Dime Stories in the fall of 2011.  Cindy Frazier was coming and she was actually reading! Frazier had been...