Best Friends by Malcolm Riordan, DVM
Statistics overwhelmingly reveal that the person who poisons pets is most often a person in the pet's home—the owner or another household member! Despite the best of intentions, it comes down to a lack of awareness. The pets' suffering, owner expense, and the cruel guilt of poisoning one's own pet is common yet avoidable. Read More
Body, Mind, Spirit by Nancy Ballinger
I've just returned from time with my dear soul friend, Bob. We met 10 years ago and have been friends ever since. For the past two years, we have settled into meeting at a local bakery every Friday morning. It doesn't matter to either of us what we talk about, as we sit at our same table near the cold drink refrigerator. It's all an excuse to be together, to have a touchstone in our week, and to share our lives. Read More
California State Parks
A Sense of Place
The crisis in State Parks will not end anytime soon. Our Governor Brown has made it clear that it is time to toe the line and cuts are cuts. We know that means a $22 million cut to the State Park system in the next two years. After 30 years of chronic underfunding by the State, these cuts are like pouring salt into a wound. However the voters have spoken and Prop 21 went down hard. Read More
State Parks Events
Over the past 8 years, park supporters from throughout California have traveled to the State Capitol to participate in Park Advocacy Day and lobby for action to support state parks. With recently proposed budget cuts and increased pressures on California’s state parks, we need your help in bringing this important message to legislators in Sacramento! Check It Out
Mind Walks
It’s that time of year again! Mind Walks are upon us, and we’ve got a great lineup for you in 2011. Mind Walks are for lifelong learners who love natural history. Speakers are experts in their fields and welcome audience questions. Topics cover a broad range—there’s literally something for everybody. This is a fabulous opportunity to broaden your horizons and learn more about your community and the world at large. Mark your calendars! Have a Great Mental Adventure
Double Vision by By Shana Ogren
This year I pray for something easy: Let me see the good. Prayers are not just words. Prayer is action. Read More
Exploring the Coast
What does an upscale inn and an oyster farm have in common? Well, the answer is a new package deal coming this spring for tourists in Morro Bay. Read More
Far Horizons
A recent publication of The Futurist magazine states, "We can do nothing to change the past, but we have enormous power to shape the future." What I am referring to is not fortune telling, guessing, or playing what if. I am referring to a tactic that helps anticipate what events are likely to shape the future in a chosen area of life that could affect you. Read More
Let's Go Green
Solar hot water for houses has been going on for a long time—more than a century in the southern warmer states. Like many things it is simple in concept. Simple batch-style systems can consist of painting a tank black, put it in an insulated box with glass on top and there you go. Sunlight shines through and warms the tank and the water. Read More
Medical Myth Busting by Dr. Steven Sainsbury
The recent arrests of several local residents for distributing medical marijuana through a legally mandated collective has created significant controversy. Those arrested were not people selling marijuana on street corners, nor were they Mexican cartel gang members infiltrating our community. They appear to be normal, law-biding citizens, who were selling marijuana to patients with the legal right, through a doctor’s prescription, to its medicinal use. Read More
Observations of a Country Squire by George Zidbeck
I hit the doldrums. The deadline for presenting a paper (of no more than five pages) for my monthly writers' group meeting fast approached. "No problem," I told myself this past November. Two years ago hadn't I written "It's easy" to a member of the group who had requested each participant of the congregation submit a response on how to jumpstart a poem or story. Read More
Surfing Out Of The Box by Paul Finley
My family and I went a few short hours north of Morro Bay to camp near
some majestic redwood trees. We were hiking down a little trail that
had markers for some trees of interest. They had numbers on them, so
our oldest decided this was more of a race than an experience to relax
and take in. As they raced to each marker I caught up and said,
"Guys, slow down, look up . . . aren't these trees amazing?" Well, I
wish I could say that my three and four year old kids were keenly
relating to my excitement, but alas, the race went on. My wife and I
enjoyed the trees and smiled as our girls enjoyed their foot race,
never looking up into the forest of majesty. Read More
Under the Tongue
Are our coastal towns reflective of our nation's political demographics? My premise is yes. Cambria is a microcosm of liberals/independents versus conservatives/moderates. If you're a coffee house regular, you'll spot these birds of a feather flocking together. Read More
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