Gifts that Keep on Giving
‘tis the season of giving … you can feel it in the air. Storefronts are festooned with glittering lights and enticing goodies. Holiday parties vie for weekend rights. Front […]
Tag Archives: Laguna Beach
“Chasing the Muse” : An Ending
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” ~ Orson Welles This week, the managing editor of the Coastline family of […]
Summer Arrives with Crowds & Sweetness
Everybody who loves summer, clap your hands! Can you hear the pounding echo of joyous palm-smacking up the canyon walls? School is out, the weather has turned warm, and June […]
Ratting Out Ferrets, Skunks & Weasels
My encounters with urban wildlife just keep coming. No sooner had I “herded” the hummingbird out of my upstairs bedroom for the second time last week, than a fat red-breasted […]
Island Living in Laguna
Oh my god, it really is the sun! When I woke to blue skies after 2½ months of grey, the color seemed iridescent, like something out of a dream. I […]
Looking Back on 2008
Coastline Pilot 26 December 2008 Chasing the Muse Catharine Cooper Sitting somewhere between the ending and the beginning of the New Year, I find myself pondering the events […]
Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
Old days are good days One of the benefits of living in one place for a long time is a sense of living history. This is especially true in small […]
Watching the Whales Go By
“Look! A whale! Over there!” We are standing at the point at Crescent Bay Park and a young woman points excitedly toward a shiny black mound just above the surface […]
Memories of Beach Girls
A couple of warm days and the hint of summer digs into my bones. Tossing tennis shoes aside, I brave the shoreline barefooted. The sand squishes between my toes, and […]
The Wilds of a Laguna Childhood Revisited
One of the curious affects of living in Laguna Beach for a long time is that you stop paying much attention to the neighborhood (except for story poles and DRB […]
