Columns

Climate Protection Earns B+ Marks   Because of the difficulty of the subject matter, a B+ in climate protection is respectable.  In this town of...

Mutual Responsibility   "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Abraham Lincoln.     Last week a local friend called with a concern about potential energy...

The Quiet Rally Stocks continue a stealth rally, quietly moving to their best levels in five months. The market has recently been untroubled by bad...

Loose in Laguna   The ocean view is not the only advantage of having an office in Laguna.  Our neighborhood of shops, offices and homes is...

The Importance of Doing Nothing   As this new year  comes out of the gate, my personal consulting work is bringing me aspects of life that...

More Money, Honey   Another perfect day in Paradise, but then there is Wall Street.  Oh, no!  Even though Wall Street is 3,000 miles away or...

Seal of Approval Izzy and the other El Morro fourth graders recently made their pilgrimage to the Mission in San Juan Capistrano, a place she...

The Concrete Foreman   My father was a construction contractor and I worked on his jobsites from the time I was 8.   So from my earliest...

Quick Start for 2012 Stocks came out swinging at the opening bell of 2012. For a brief period, the market was not burdened with bad...

Special Delivery Hi Grampa, It’s Cindy. Can you take Mrs. Peterson her dinner tomorrow? I have a school assignment. Oh, take some left overs or A sandwich and some soup...

Let’s Get Weird   "We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours,...

Clearing Clutter for 2012   “Life is like a closet.  You have to clear space – throw stuff out - to make room for change and...

No Mystery Behind the Missing Blooms “Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don’t get it, prune. –Thomas J. Peters   Who doesn’t love the way...

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...

Living With Uncertainty Stock columns at this time traditionally try to forecast the year ahead. Currently, the only certainty is that there will be continued...