Adventures in Fitness by Chuck Abbe
If you like heart-pumping music, motivating coaches, burning fat, and getting fit, you really need to give indoor cycling a try. If you have ever been to the gym, you have probably peeked in on a cycling class in progress and wondered if you could do that. I know, it looks a little intimidating, but in reality an indoor cycling class can be just what you need it to be for you. Read More
Best Friends by Malcolm Riordan, DVM
Your dogs and cats - they have oral parasites. Yes, you should be freaking out about this. Yet for all their lives it has been this way. You are just now finding out, that's all. Most pet owners are not sufficiently aware of the silent, slow killers living in their pet's mouths. Even if they have heard of it, most owners do not realize what is happening, the price their best friend is paying, or even the pain that a pet has no option but to live with. Read More
Body, Mind, Spirit by Nancy Ballinger
I just got off the phone with a dear friend. She is going through a very difficult time right now with her health. She has enough self-awareness to know the depression she feels is normal and will pass. Yet, there is a strong wish to be done with it all and feel joy again. Read More
Critter Care by Elizabeth Henderson
Seahorses are beautiful and peaceful marine aquarium inhabitants often overlooked as pets. Though they do require some special care, with a little knowledge and time seahorses can make wonderful home aquarium inhabitants. There are over fifty species of seahorse and most are found primarily in shallow coastal waters around the world, often in beds of sea grass, mangrove stands, and coral reefs. They range in size from as small as one inch up to about one foot in length. Seahorses have the ability to change their coloration depending on their mood and surroundings and are social in nature. Read More
Fausto & Julia's Food For Thought
The quote above has very little to do with our current review, but it was too funny not to share, as we all look back at our holiday feasts with satisfaction. Our own table featured prime rib, au jus, horseradish sauce, mashed potatoes, spinach salad, Chardonnay-braised carrots, and Fausto's obligatory pumpkin pie. We eat well, even when not dining out, but for a wonderful treat, try The Galley at 899 Embarcadero in Morro Bay. The restaurant is open daily with lunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner starting at 5 p.m. Read More
Get Involved
Volunteers are needed to help recue and care for marine mammals found on our shores. The Marine Mammal Center, a non-profit organization that rescues, rehabilitates and releases injured, sick and orphaned marine mammals will hold an Introduction meeting Wednesday, January 13 at 6:30 p.m. Read More
Just for Fun
Take a break - work a quick crossword puzzle, test your level of competency with Sudoku, and smile. Play
Medical Myth Busting by Dr. Steven Sainsbury
Until you see a gunshot victim up close, it is impossible to appreciate the destructive power of a bullet. I remember the first gunshot victim I ever treated - a little four-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the thigh with his daddy's 357 magnum. The explosive kinetic energy surrounding the path of the bullet destroyed tissue all the way up to the child's liver and spleen. He was dead within minutes. Read More
Morro Musings by Janice Peters
Does everyone, as we sing in the shower or along with the car radio, imagine themselves a singing star . . . in a rock band, a Broadway show, an opera, a recording studio, on American Idol? I confess that I do! Read More
Upcoming Events
Want to get out and have some fun? Find out what's going on. Read More
View From the Lineup
So the holidays are behind us now. People are back at work and students are back in school. The lineup is less crowded with people and winter is in full swing. Storms far across the Pacific Ocean are generating huge swells, sending waves crashing into our coastline. The size and power of these swells allow them to reach many of the more protected parts of the coast, which means some surfing spots that lie dormant for months suddenly come alive. Deep water reefs, many feet below the surface, cause some of these swells to break, creating waves far from shore. Read More
Wilderness Mind
The Country Sheriff's Search & Rescue Unit (SAR) gets frequent calls to search for lost and missing citizens from the Central Coast area, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, and Cambria. Search subjects come from all age groups: men, women, boys, girls, some with physical disabilities, and more than a few mentally challenged. By far the most common search victim in these coastal areas is the cognitively challenged - those with dementia or full blown Alzheimers. This group of subjects will be the focus of this month's column. Read More
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