Small Talk
All the right moves
OK, maybe it’s payback.
Making the most out of Halloween
I really tried to channel my mom last night, but she must have been busy. My daughter and I took a stab at sewing. I am now hyperventilating.
Nagging fear
October is finally here and the weather has begun to change ever so slightly. This is my favorite month of the year. The Santa Ana winds come now, blowing back great plumes of offshore spray as they course up the faces of late summer swells creating giant arching rainbows of seawater.
Getting prepared to prepare
I think we can relax now and slip back into our usual trip down denial. It’s the end of National Preparedness Month.
Give Peace a chance
We will never have world peace.
Learning to go far
If you ever need to pare life down to the basics, come hang out with some early kindergartners.
You won’t win against the ocean
I had a small disagreement with the ocean this summer. It was mortifying and frightening and rather educational. The bottom line is, I really don’t want to die in an embarrassing, foolish, shoulda-known-better way. Who does?
Smiling in the face of pain
Jean Gillette is on vacation this week. Here is a reprise of one of her favorite past columns
Getting back to the school grind
I woke up this morning horrified and amused to realize I was no better than a truant teen-age surfer.
Mars is a true sight to see
Go NASA, go NASA, go NASA. What? You didn’t stay up Sunday night to see the Mars Rover land? When I tell you how awesome it was, you’ll be so sorry.
