Under the Tongue - by Christine Nielson
2012 Columns
July, 2012 The Cool Look
June gloom grips my mood every year. Relief from the gray is assured by a short jaunt to Cayucos or Avila Beach, dependable sunny oasis along the Central Coast.
March, 2012 The Magic of Theatre
Some war stories I've heard from Central Coast theatre company members (PCPA, SLO Little Theatre, The Great American Melodrama) are that the costume designer quit the week the show opened, taking the costumes with her/him; the cast works all day and all night to recreate something like the original designs; doubts are high, but by opening, the entire cast is costumed, and the audience is none the wiser. The magic of theatre.
February, 2012 Damn that Carpe Diem
While logging into my Yahoo email account recently, I noted in Yahoo News a recently published study in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. It reports that people who spent less time socializing with friends in cyberspace and more time socializing with them in real life were less likely to report they were unhappy.
January, 2012 Mixing It Up
Cambria's Mary Anne Anderson says she was "born to sing, beguiled to write, and persuaded to teach." And, we were destined to meet and become friends.