We are currently wading through the dreamy, sometimes murky waters of Pisces season, looking ahead to what we hope will be brighter days in the Spring. This time of year is ruled by The Moon card in the Tarot, which often means feeling lost in a fog of feelings, confusion, and old, repeating patterns that seem to want to tell us something.
Read MoreFor the month of March, LA County Department of Animal Care and Control will be reducing cat adoption fees to $13 from March 13-19, 2022 as part of its annual March Meowness promotion. This will include adoption, spay/neuter, vaccination, and microchip of cats. It does not cover license fees or trust deposits, if applicable.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022 (Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA) — The City of Rancho Palos Verdes and Los Serenos de Point Vicente are thrilled to announce the return of Whale of a Day April 9 at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center.
Read MoreA rescuer becomes responsible for every one but themself.
A 600-pound person begs the good doctor for bypass surgery, “You must lose 100+ pounds to be considered for the procedure,” they’re told; TV gold! A few bite the bullet–rather than biting so much food– and lose 100+ pounds to get the surgery. Bravo.
Read MoreWe’ve made it through what was a very different sort of summer experience, and now the bosom of Fall and her tawny hues are on the way to soothe our weary bones. While we haven’t approached harvest time yet, the quiet devotion of Virgo season is preparing us to reap what we’ve sown and give thanks for the bounty.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year when we are greeted by a beautiful explosion of purple wisteria. I’ve been watching it unfold for several weeks now, its Wisteria. Inch by inch; the flowering buds march down toward the tip of blossom. Eventually, the vine becomes a waterfall of cascading purple petals.
Read MoreAs I sit to write this, memories of my childhood are flooding back to the forefront of my thoughts. I was raised on a ranch in Northern California, and our parents bravely had 5 kids to keep track of and feed. Eating was a constant issue in our house because feeding 7 people three times each day meant that my mother had to prepare for and clean up 21 meals per day, 147 meals per week, 651 meals per month.
Read MoreI’ll never forget the time I was promoted from assistant, working in a cubicle outside my boss’ office, to a brand-spanking new office and a titled position. It was my own “Working Girl” moment. I didn’t have a window with a view, and I wasn’t in Mergers & Acquisitions, but I loved my job as Manager of Business and Legal Affairs at the music label and I was grateful to be employed full-time at the tender age of twenty-four. I
Read MoreFor over 50 years, visitors have made their way to the Los Angeles waterfront at San Pedro to visit Ports O’ Call, a collection of shops and restaurants tucked along the edge of the San Pedro waterfront in Los Angeles Harbor. The idea of a district along the waterfront was championed by Harbor Commissioner Lloyd Menveg, a Wilmington resident (later a resident of Palos Verdes) whose family had come to the harbor area in the 1850s.
Read MoreQuite simply, Los Serenos (losserenos.org ) is an organization of over one hundred docents and volunteers who contribute thousands of hours and dollars every year to enrich the experience of life on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. In conjunction with the establishment of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center (PVIC) (Point-Vicente-Interpretive-Center) by the city of Rancho Palos Verdes (RPV), the organization was formed in 1984 to provide a broad base of knowledge about the contents of the new museum's collection.
Read MoreYou were born to use words. It’s hardwired into you. Baby YOU learned the language of those around you. Gibberish is your first language and your second language came from big people. You are multilingual!
Words roll in your head as self-narratives.
Words leave your sweet lips to reveal what you feel.
Read MoreLA Harbor International Film Festival (LAHIFF ) takes place March 3-6 “live” in the Warner Grand Theatre (WGT) with links for “virtual” access to films programmed, continuing to commemorate of the 90th anniversary of the opening of the vintage art deco WGT) - nee Warner Bros. - an icon of historic downtown SP – Port of Los Angeles.
Read MoreHuh? Portuguese Bend Estates? I’m guessing you’ve never heard of it or, if you have, it’s not where you think it is. When I first heard the name I assumed it must be what is now the Portuguese Bend Club or the area behind the gates at Narcissa Drive and PV Drive South.
Read MoreWhen Marymount California University in Rancho Palos Verdes found itself in the online modality, many teachers and staff started to look for opportunities. Filmmaker and veteran film and literature professor Bruce Schwartz and I, also a long-time Marymount teacher and a freelance writer for South Bay publications, had been good friends since the late 1980s and were out looking for vacation properties in the spectacular Bernardino Mountains one day.
Read MoreA mounting debt crisis. Turbulent politics. Water scarcity. Poverty. And continued violence, discrimination and persecution against women, religious minorities and transgender citizens. The people of Pakistan deal with ever-increasing levels of instability every day, with seemingly little respite in sight.
Read MoreI have been photographing the hummingbirds for about 4 years. At first, I captured them as soon as I found them. I would chase them around, and wonder how wonderful photos were taken by other photographers. I quickly discovered that you cannot chase these little birds.
Read More
