Columns

 Reclaiming a Pageant Ritual  Every year I'm taken by surprise that it's that time of year again. This refers to any time of year commonly...

French 75 The rumor-mill hummed with news that an “out-of-town chef” was teaming up with a long standing Laguna Beach restaurant to re-vamp and freshen...

The Return Of The Dolphins I live in north Laguna and have kayaked from there for some 20 years.  I cast off...

Hurricanes Continued! Only about a month from the beginning of summer, but try telling this week’s weather. A pair of March-like storms are bearing down...

Cuervo Trusting, a crow perched on our patio steps.  Just standing there, looking up. He’d spread his too-short wings and jump-fly from one step to...

Protecting Endangered Life on Our Beaches By Howard Hills I have been playing in the sand at Fisherman’s Cove since I got my first tin shovel...

Driving You Crazy By Grandpa Gramps Will you let me drive? No. Why not?   You don’t have a permit.   You let Dad drive when he was my age.   Before. Before what? I let...

OBL and Lagunapalooza “Politics may not be the oldest profession, but the results are the same.” Janis Joplin. This week my partners and I went to...

Here Comes Hurricane Season! Our other source of summer surf comes from storms much closer than the long traveling Southern Hemisphere swells. Welcome to the...

Exercising Your Own Voice My friend of 38 years came to stay with me. She needed to get away from home. She is 90 and...

True North By Maurice Possley With the recent news of the death of Osama bin Laden, we praise the hearts of the courageous team of Navy...

Reverting to the Mean Buying excitement inspired by the news of the successful raid on Osama bin Laden faded in a few hours on the...

All in the Point of View For nine years I lived and worked in a house on the oceanfront.  Dramatic views and crashing waves were...

Creditability A letter came from a credit card company, thanking me for my loyalty. Call me shameless, but not only am I...

South Swell  Department Opens A late season Santa Ana condition has sent temperatures skyrocketing up to 20 degrees above normal here in Laguna. What a picture...