Tuesday’s rain reminded me how far we in West Orange County have come in taming Mother Nature’s moods …. and how far we have to go. Many Orange County cities developed from […]
Rainy day pains, pleasures
Those old ‘haunted houses’
In the opening of the greatest Halloween story ever, “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Ray Bradbury writes, “First of all it was October, a rare month for boys … But one strange […]
Put a soldier on your block
The latest unique initiative by The White House involved calling the nation’s military leaders to a meeting in Virginia to –among other things – tell the generals and admirals to get ready […]
Smoke gets in your eyes, brain, lungs, T-shirt, hair, breath, etc….
Both my parents smoked. My father smoked cigars and pipes; my mother went through Kent cigarettes like President Trump goes through new tariffs. I grew up in a fog of dirty air. […]
How best to remember 9/11
I saw a post on Facebook about Sept. 11 observances. One comment was “We’ll never forget.” *Sigh* We already have. By that I mean the mood of national unity, kindness and acceptance […]
Retorts: Do it right, ICE-men
Do It Right Dept. There was an incident recently near a Garden Grove public school in which immigration agents seized a man, handcuffed him, and held him in a van for about […]
Is HB council calming down?
Not as MAGA Now Dept.: The approval by voters of Measures A and B in Huntington Beach in June appears to have had a moderating influence on the Huntington Beach City Council. […]
On that roller coaster again
This is the “back-to-school” season, the annual shifting of tectonic plates which turns grade school kids into teenagers-in-waiting, and those into rapidly emerging pre-adults. It’s a time of anticipation and apprehension. Will […]
Happy days at Disneyland
Disneyland opened 70 years ago last month and the man behind it – Walt Disney – was the fellow who probably had more influence on Orange County than any other person. The […]
How to beat the bullying
A high school student addressed the local school board on Tuesday and complained that he was being bullied. It was a rather brave thing he did, I thought, “taking it to the […]
