Photo by Mike Baird:     Surf Girls

Photo by Kevin Cole: Harmony Outhouse

Photo by Chuck Abbe: Morro Bay in B&W

Photo by Cleve Nash:        Cedar Waxwing

Photo by Earthly Images: Montana de Oro

Photo by Maggie Smith: Three Cormorants - Double-crested, Brandt, and Pelagic

Best Friends by Malcolm Riordan, DVM

This enemy can replenish itself with new, ever larger generations every three weeks during the war's warmer months. This enemy does not retreat in winter; their life style is to retrench and subsist. Their reproductive cycle (eggs to pupae to larvae to new adults) in cooler weather may slow to every three months. Therefore, year-round war efforts are far superior to putting off or limiting your offensive strikes, waiting until the enemy army has reestablished its seasonal peak strength, summer after summer. Read More

Body, Mind, Spirit by Nancy Ballinger

A farmer purchased a fine horse. All of his neighbors in the village complimented him on this horse and exclaimed how lucky he was. His reply was, "It's too soon to tell." One day his horse disappeared. This time the villagers thought the farmer was very unlucky. They expressed their concern to him and he again replied, "It's too soon to tell." As it turned out, it was! A few days later his horse returned, bringing a wild mare with him. The villagers exclaimed, "How happy you must be!" Again, "Too soon to tell" was the farmer's only reply. The farmer's son set about the task of taming the wild mare and was injured by the horse. After that time he walked with a limp. The villagers remarked upon the farmer's misfortune, to have his only son injured in such a way. "Too soon to tell," he told them. When the war broke out in a neighboring village, the farmer's son, due to his limp, was unable to go. How fortunate, exclaimed the villagers . . .   Read More

Double Vision

What makes you happy? I took a day where I asked everybody this question. I asked the cashier at the grocery store, my cousin, and a woman waiting at a pharmacy. I asked my parents. I asked the Charter Communications representative I called about my cable television. Read More

Get Involved

The Docent group at that park has been conducting Living History, in which individuals research the lives of persons living in the late 1800s-early 1900s, dress in period costume, and give presentations - alone or in groups - to portray those characters or fictitious ones who have characteristics of actual historic figures. Our group of volunteer Living History Docents has decided to retire, but will be available to coach and advise new volunteers. Read More

Let's Go Green

Packaging is something that uses up an awful lot of resources. To make matters worse, it is often used only once and immediately discarded. However, more and more packaging is recyclable, made from recycled content and/or reusable. Remember the milk crates with the reusable milk bottles? Read More

Medical Myth Busting by Dr. Steven Sainsbury

As you pick up your six-year- old twins from kindergarten, you notice that they are unusually excited. They run far ahead of you down the sidewalk to your car, and can barely stay still long enough for you to buckle them into their car seats. Chattering with you the entire way home, they rarely stop to even take a breath. As you pull into the driveway, you remember that today was a special holiday party in their classroom. Read More

Morro Musings by Janice Peters

A couple of months ago, I shared with you the story of Kissy, my alpha diva Husky, who went over the Rainbow Bridge in January 2009. This is the story of what happened next . . . Read More

Surfing Out Of The Box by Paul Finley

Trying to decipher what type of surfboard you want to invest time and money into can be a bit of an enigma for many people. Once you have been surfing for a while, you will inevitably start to wonder what other boards would feel like and ponder the endless possibilities. Surf design was covered in last months article in which the design aspects of these possibilities were ever so slightly tapped into. This month's focus is going to put all the design "mumbo jumbo" aside and look at four basic things to consider before committing to a board and hopefully help prevent a floating frustration. Read More

Wilderness Mind

Global climate change—in our current situation can be read as "a gradual increase in planet-wide temperatures." This is a well documented phenomenon and accepted by most legitimate scientists as fact. This gradual change in global temperatures is slowly changing the world we live in. That acceptance is a problem for many people, even though the effects can be seen worldwide. Read More

Photo by Chuck Abbe: Back Tomorrow

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