Dear Editor, After following the Woolsey fire listening sessions, what I find the most illuminating is hearing what Malibu experienced since someday that will be Topanga. It is sobering to hear that,…
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My bougainvillea are browned and withered. I tried to coax them along, speaking compliments aloud, admiring the bright orange flowers and the deep pink, gay and riotous, at last beginning to climb…
Historian Carter G. Woodson announced in 1926 that the second week of February, which includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, should be celebrated as Negro History Week. One of…
What could be more “connected” than a relationship, especially an intimate relationship? So, what does the future hold for that special connection? Hold onto your hearts, my Valentines. The future of love…
The End of the Game Over the three years that I’ve been writing this column, my 92-year-old mom Jeanne and I have developed a familiar ritual. Every two weeks or so, I’d…
I keep a memory jar filled with happy memories of days when something good happened that I turn to when life gets difficult. It’s a time to turn my focus away from…
In the days prior to an outpatient procedure which, though minor, requires anesthetic, I ponder my mortality. Suppose I never wake up? Could happen. Just look at Joan Rivers. As I…
There is compassionate help for pet owners facing end-of-life decisions for their pets. Rocky, a 12-year old Labrador mix, enjoys extra hugs and lots of loving every morning, while his best friend,…
During my career as an educator, I usually ate lunch alone. I never really enjoyed spending time in the teacher’s lounge. A principal once asked me about this and wondered whether or…
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?” —Job 38:31 As the Sun, Moon, and planets make their way along the ecliptic through the winter sky…