Opinion
Can you imagine a world where people could work together to tackle important issues of pressing concern for all of humanity regardless of their political, religious, or other ideological differences?
by Steve Harrison My grandmother used to talk every year about how much she liked the fall. I never could quite see it. As a teacher for many years, the fall was not my favorite time: flu shots, back-to-school, loss of freedom, the pressure of making new impressions and learning 150+ names, the end of […]
Beginning mid-October, Claremont Heritage presents its 39th annual Home Tour, “Out of Many, One Community–Notable Architects.”
We all worked together at the Claremont COURIER—Genaro Molina, Patty Housen, Jonathan Nourok and I— 36 years ago.
We have a lot of stuff. John and I have been collectors of one type or another for much of our 43 years.
As Afghan refugee families arrive in the U.S., with several headed for the San Gabriel Valley, many of us have wondered, “How can we help?”
So, what good are birds? Well, watching their antics and listening to their calls are important parts of the lure of our gardens and of the greater outdoors.
I know, so much has been said about why we should or should not get a vaccine and wear a mask. In most cases the arguments have not changed, comparing personal freedom versus protecting the public. But as the Delta variant continues to rage (we are lucky mandates have kept L.A. County numbers lower), it’s obvious we are in the middle of a pandemic for the unvaccinated.
by Mick Rhodes | mickrhodes@claremont-courier.com On Wednesday I trod the familiar sidewalks I’ve marched for 13 of the past 14 years (with one dark year courtesy of COVID), my youngest child in tow, making our way to Condit Elementary School for the first day of school. My ex and I were walking our son Everett […]
by John Neiuber September 1941, three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entering World War II, my father was still working the family farm in mid-state Wisconsin, just outside the little village of Redgranite. He had been working on the farm full-time since his father had him quit school in the […]
Like many of you, John and I have been getting together with people we have missed for a year and a half.
From an early age we are admonished, “don’t keep all your eggs in one basket,” especially where investments are concerned. A diversified investment portfolio holds many assets rather than just one or a few, greatly reducing the chances that all your eggs go Humpty-Dumpty at once.
I AM ALIVE! That’s what I am aware of as I open my eyes in the hospital. I remember the surgeon saying sometime back, “I don’t know if you will survive this,” but I have.
People really wanted to be there, to get out. They were just dying to. Literally.
I suspect that the new normal, albeit a fairly recent term coined after the 2009 recession, is something we deal with on a consistent basis all our lives. If one considers the events that take place throughout our lives, we are adjusting to new and different things all the time. I also suspect that even though we may experience an event that happens suddenly, the change that takes place in us happens over time.
As we emerge from our COVID-caves after 15 months of hunkering down, we see the world has changed. But while it’s true we’re doing things again—going to outdoor events, movies, and restaurants—many of the pandemic’s by-products are still with us, and will be for some time.