Let’s take a step back and look at what we’ve been continuing to overcome, and what we can gain from our world being temporarily closed.What we can gain? It sounds crazy, I know. For many of us, so much of this still feels foreign and overwhelming, but I promise within this uncertainty, ther…
Q: It’s been so nice since beaches and businesses have reopened. Does this mean we’ve beaten the coronavirus?A: Nothing has changed with the coronavirus, it is still extremely contagious and can be transmitted person to person through various sized droplets or from surface to person.We were …
Day 57 in isolation funk. Are anyone else’s toenails dragging on the ground?
Two months ago, I could not have told you with any degree of confidence or specificity what the term “physical distancing” meant.
Ewww, no, I thought, waking up to another day of lockdown.
As May 15 looms with the anticipation of L.A.’s shelter-in-place order lifted, you can all but hear a collective sigh of relief from parents.
Another week has rolled around and we’re still stuck at home. Not too much to say on that topic for now. But when I caught sight of a dark blue sky thorough my window, I ventured outside. There’s plenty going on out there.We’ve had a banner spring, a mixture of sun and rain that’s unusual fo…
To be honest, it never occurred to me I would be president of the California News Publisher's Association, and without a journalism pedigree, writing a column seems ... weird. But my entire 21 years in the newspaper business has been bloody well full of unexpected turns.
During challenging times, it's natural to react in a way that ensures our safety and the safety of those we care most about in our lives.
This past year was my first living alone. Like many women my age, I'd gone from living with my family away to school and then away to college. I had roommates at both places. In college, there were six of us playing bridge and swapping stories far into the night.
As the days wear on in quarantine, the more irritable we get -- but the more creative we get, also.
“To Everything There Is A Season…”
Well people, coronavirus social distancing is getting a bit old, isn’t it?
Do not call 911 because you ran out of toilet paper. This is a stern warning from the Newport, Oregon, Police Department.
Today I am starting a monthly column here in the PV News to convey to you that lives with people who have Alzheimer's or other cognitive impairments count.My column will provide hope, attempting to dispel notions of fear which are oftentimes associated with the disease; not only for them but…
How great to be stuck at home by order of my state governor!
The news has been inundated with reports about the spread of the coronavirus.
So are you one of the people who’s standing in gruesomely long lines at Costco, buying water and toilet paper in case the coronavirus spreads? Or at least trying to buy them, since they seem to be as sold out as if a hurricane were hitting Florida.
Imagine a remote town in a cold and windswept place that has grown so small only a handful of people remain.
If I had to list one of the most challenging skills parents have to teach their children, time management would definitely be at the top.
One day last week, in search of a tape measure, I went to the sewing stand in my bedroom.
“I think I’m going to wear my Brandy Melville skirt and a sweater or …
For some, Super Bowl Sunday is one big ‘“Ugh.”
My father had a man called Johnny who came every week to polish all the brass in our house.
I lost my grandfather in August of 1997.
How often do you sit on your porch?
I was sitting at the computer a few weeks ago tweaking an article when I thought I saw a little black thousand-legger scurry off the left side of my desk.
I’ve lived in California for almost 49 years and just visited the Wheel of Fortune show at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City for the first time.
I write this article sitting in a car wash, leaning against a stone wall.
Every week the Sunday New York Times features an author in its Book Section.
Progressives in California, more than elsewhere, forget the history and inspiration behind the founding of the United States. Our very system of government – with divided powers among the three branches of government – reflects an effort to ensure that political power never becomes consolida…
The culture wars took an odd turn this year. Rather than the annual assault on Starbucks for serving Pike’s Place in “Happy Holidays” cups instead of “Merry Christmas” containers, Peloton became this season’s corporate villain for airing a TV commercial featuring a rail-thin young woman in s…
Q: I always overdo it during the holidays, then I declare strict New Year’s resolutions which I’m lucky to stick to for two or three days. Any suggestions for sticking with a healthier lifestyle in 2020?
What would it take to bring the United States, the State of California, our town, friends and family out of the political doldrums?
A friend of mine, also the pastor of a local church, was ringing a bell for the Salvation Army, staffing a kettle outside a grocery store in his community.
Since I don’t have big limpid Bambi fawn eyes to turn on them, and I’m not as cute as a puppy, I’ve learned how to chat people up quickly so they’ll trust me. Seriously. I once had a guy in jail confess murder to me because I seemed so trustworthy. (I didn’t promise not to tell.)
Californians are keenly aware that we bear a heavy tax burden.
So this is a true story.
The word advent, derived from the Latin adventus, means coming and calls to mind the Greek word parousia.
For some families, picking out the Christmas tree is the holiday lesson of patience, diplomacy and collaboration.
Last Sunday was the start of the Advent season at Rolling Hills Covenant Church and in Christian churches across the country.
If you’re of an age when you can clearly remember World War II, you will have noticed the world is changing very fast these days.
On an elementary level, just out of curiosity, I decided to see what all the stink was about having a fair trade agreement with China.
It’s 10 p.m. and very dark outside. The moon trickles a little light in through my second-floor bedroom window.
I love this time of year.
There used to be a time, not too long ago, when my daughter would beg me to watch TV with her or just lay with her in bed.
My husband died earlier this year.
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