Wisdom Workout
A Window into Limbo Land
Death was not to be a leap: it was to be a long descent under thickening shadows.
George...
Taking Stock
Deficit? What Deficit?
During my years in the Navy, I used several foreign language pocket phrase books provided by the Defense Department. Originally produced by...
Guest column
Solving a Fiscal Crisis
By Alan N. Boinus, Special to the Independent
In an effort to balance the budget and bring fiscal stability to California, Gov....
Eavesdrops
Take the Bait
Will we go to the lake this year?
I imagine.
Will you take us fishing?
Fishing! You hate fishing.
Too many bugs.
Too hot.
The juice isn’t cold.
Salmon...
Taking Stock
Summer Stock Fireworks
Stocks greeted July with fireworks that burst through a fog of negativity. Their five percent gain was their best week in two...
Green Light
Putting in a Plug for Laguna Beach
By Tom Osborne
I attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of our city’s first two electric car plug-in...
Get Out of the House
Sum, sum, summertime!It seems that Mother Nature is going to allow Laguna to have a summer this year. After last year’s disappointingly gloomy non-summer,...
Hot Dish
Alessa in Laguna Beach
By Patty Pinto
My motis operandi requires dining at a restaurant on several occasions before critiquing. I broke my own rule regarding...
Village Matters
Cottage Sequel
It just happened that the beginning of my planned trip to Italy with my nieces coincided with the council’s decision on the “final...
Eavesdrops
From the Stretch
I’m going to start on Thursday,
Do you want to come to the game?
I’d better not; I might get too excited,
And have a...
Guest column
It Takes a Community to Preserve Open Space
Laguna’s several hundred acres of remaining open land graces the entire town with marvelous views, wildlife habitat,...
Get Out of the House
Summer of Change
We have recently learned that Maggie’s four closest friends will be moving away from Laguna sometime this summer. Three are moving to...
Wisdom Workout
A Sense of Balance
Summer officially arrived this week and our festival openings are upon us. As the season shifts, let’s see if we...
Musings on the Coast
Just Do It
We each measure our own aging in various fashions, mostly by ascertaining what we no longer can do. For me, it is
body-boarding,...
Laguna Observed
It's Been Swell
Five years ago Andrea Adelson, the Indy's wonderful editor, said yes to an idea I had for a column about Laguna...