Opinion
Nowadays, winter is the season of surprises in Southern California. Fire season far exceeds his welcome, not that he ever had one, appearing well into December.
My fantasy is to live past 100 and always be young. Fly high and embrace the unknown with oodles of years to ride the wave of technical inventions and feel the excitement of new creations.
Since early 2019, when Clean Power Alliance began procuring electrical energy for Claremont, our electricity has been generated with roughly 50% renewable energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal.
The duration of a generation has been traditionally measured in decades defined by significant historical events and cultural norms.
I don’t know about you but I’m having a hard time dealing with this latest COVID surge.
The year is 1922. Warren G. Harding is president. In February the first issue of the Reader’s Digest is published. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is established.
I’ve been traveling up to the Mt. Baldy area since I was five years old, creating numerous memories of skiing at the top of the Notch, hiking up Mt. Baldy — even helping build a snow igloo to spend a quiet, cold night at the peak.
I spent this morning enslaved to digital notifications. I meant to be pondering karmic lessons.
Yep, Omicron swept through the Rhodes camp over Christmas. The five of us spent the entirety of the break quarantining, as our aches turned to fevers, to nasty sore throats and hacking coughs, headaches, all-encompassing fatigue, and, for good measure, diarrhea.
All we can hope for is to keep learning as we get older; if we learn, we grow. If we don’t, we wither.
Old cars and old clothes are called “vintage” and “antique,” and are valuable, worth a lot of money. Old people are called “old fogey, over the hill, advanced in years, past one’s prime, not long for this world and decrepit,” and neither valuable nor worth much.
“John – you remember me?” I looked up. It was a surprising question. At least not one I was expecting.
Many towns and cities have magical elements which make them special, transporting the resident or guest to another place or attitude.
by Donald Gould Last week in part one of this two-part series, I focused on how to increase the tax benefit of your charitable donations, enabling you to give more to charity at the same net cost. In this part two, I will review three other strategies for tax-smart charitable giving. 1. Donating appreciated assets […]
Recently I was watching a talk show host shake hands with a guest. This host had thought, and often stated so publicly, that shaking hands was an archaic tradition.
The season is upon us. There is much to do. Many of us are preparing for a house full of guests, a celebration of shared love. There are traditions to uphold and pass on.