Laura Walcher
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What Now? Water Buoy!
It’s a sad commentary on my powers of persuasion that despite being a poster person for the merits of swimming, I have yet to persuade my friends and family to undertake this amazing diversion, this superb exercise. You’d think my umpteen years in P. R., selling stories and features to cantankerous journalists would prepare me […]
What Now? We’ve Been Floored!
If there’s one thing you shouldn’t do, domestically speaking, it’s buying new carpeting. Just keep the carpeting you’ve got, y’know? Never mind the age, its stains, the wear, the kids, the dog. Especially the dog. In our case, Barney. Don’t go listening to your kids: “Maaaaaa, your old carpeting is to embarrassing!” Just go out […]
What Now? Game’s On!
by Inga, Humor Columnist, La Jolla Light & Laura Walcher, Humor Columnist, Presidio Sentinel Inga: At the San Diego Press Club Journalism Awards in 2010, the first year that my column in the La Jolla Light was eligible, I won second place in the Humor division after Laura Walcher, who writes for the Presidio Sentinel. […]
The Sportin’ Life
When attorney Jerry Harris is on your side, challenges are met, growth is guaranteed. Five years ago, he turned his considerable legal ability and passion to the development of “SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes” (S4EA, or SPORTS) – fueled in no small part by his own developmentally disabled sister, and his family’s dedication to social and […]
What Now? The Sillies, or the Willies
I forget to pray for the angels, and the angels forget to pray for us … Item: I’ve already attempted to diagnose Barney, our Cairn Terrier’s evil obsession with the parking meter scooters – or their drivers? – but sadly, I continue to fail in this mission. Yet I have stopped fretting about it, even […]
What Now? Vinole’s Horn: It’s A Blast!
Rey Vinole, master trumpet player and teacher, taught dozens of San Diego musicians as he launched and led the Mission Bay High School Jazz Band for 26 years. To his credit, it’s still going strong under the direction of Jean Paul Balmat, the school’s music director, and one of Vinole’s former students. Vinole’s a man […]
What Now? Rude, Scurrilous, Insulting. So What Else is New?
When Rahm Emannuel, the supremely un-shy White House chief of staff, described some colleagues as “retarded,” his apology, while … declarative, was widely considered as highly insincere, and didn’t get nearly the ink and air that the insult drew. And, that, friends, is how things are these days. Or not. Rosemarie Ostler has produced a […]
What now? R-U DWT?
Here’s the short version: a woman hears that a friend has suddenly died, and in haste and grief, she shoots off an email to the husband, expressing her condolences, offering heartfelt help if needed, and signs off with … “LOL.” Now, as any kid can tell you, “LOL, ” in our mile-a-minute world of communication, […]
What Now? Clando Can Read
If you can read this, you’re ‘way ahead of the thousands of adults and children in our town who can’t. Because they can’t, they either fake their way through their lives, or settle for minimum achievement – minimum opportunities; they never experience the pined-for successes they could actually achieve – if they could read. With […]
