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Startled Not Scared
I was 15 when I fell under the spell of the theater. It was the last day of the run and after that the play was going on to Broadway. In those days, new plays often went to tryout cities before they opened on Broadway, and Philadelphia was one of those cities. My school had […]
All Souls’ Saint Nicholas Home Tour
A Point Loma Holiday Tradition celebrates its 64th year this December. Begin your holiday season with friends and family on a tour of four Point Loma homes. The All Souls’ Saint Nicholas Home Tour is happening on Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year the theme is “A View From […]
Point Loma Pop Warner’s Earn San Diego Conference Championship
Point Loma Youth Football, a member association of the San Diego Pop Warner conference, was founded in 2013 by a handful of dedicated local youth football families. The goal was to provide the exciting and positive family sports experience which comes from participation in a community pop warner program and boasts the name and colors […]
A New Arrival
I Wish, More Women Knew About Hypnobirthing “Oh my God!” I heard screams over and over again in hysteria with the pitch rising. I had just been admitted to the UCSD hospital, being in active labor in a private examination room, when I heard from the next room the panicked words screamed over and over again […]
The Promise and Pitfalls of Genetic Testing
There seems to be an ever-expanding number of companies looking to help you understand your genes. Some of my family have had their genes tested to try to find out “where they come from” and learned they’re part Sicilian, part Arab and part Viking. You could learn what health risks might lie waiting for you […]
Swimming Upstream Takes Courage
A good friend of mine recently reminded me that as Americans we have been given privileges and rights, and therefore, we also have a responsibility to protect them. He also reminded me that “swimming upstream takes courage.” He is so right. Five years ago, I was one of hundreds of San Diegans fighting to prevent […]
What Now?
Rowe on Beer Despite the adult males in my own family devoted to beer, the brew leaves me cold. Yet, beer got my attention when Peter Rowe, our town’s beat columnist, got himself a perfect perk of trip to Berlin in the interests of the industry. Maybe, I thought, I’d underestimated its importance in life […]
Called to Serve
“We should take very seriously what the dreadful past can tell us about our blindness and predilections. The haunting fact is we are morally free. If everyone around us is calling for Barabbas, it is only probable, never necessary, that some of us join in. Since we have not yet burned the taper of earthly […]
Coasterra
Views, views and more views Do you remember the Reuben E. Lee? It was a paddle wheeler vessel moored at the far edge of Harbor Island. Actually, it was a large barge onto which a multi-deck facsimile was built like the kinds of ships which cruised the Mississippi that carried travelers, gamblers and women, or, […]
