Village Matters
Tales from the Trenches
Ann Christoph
      For the first time in a long time, last Tuesday I attended the City Council meeting from start to finish. It is a frustrating and discouraging experience. I did get a laugh from them at the very end at my own expense when I inadvertently misspoke regarding inserting drink containers into the new "...
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Being Substantial
      I practiced all the arts of apology, evasion and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced. Maria Edgeworth "To-Morrow" (1804) When we court a strong relationship with our intuitive guidance we must be prepared to acknowledge our attachment to premises that are c...
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Star Talk!
      LAUREN MEGGISON, MFA, Ph.D., is a professional astrologer who maintains a private practice in Laguna Beach, California, where she advises an international clientele.
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Weather - or Not
La Niña Is No Friend to Good Surf
      Lookin' like the storm track is going to take a dip southward by at least ten degrees. Seeing as we are still under the throes of a La Niña event (for two years running now), this would be significantenough to put us in more of the path of incoming storms. That would also increase swell pro...
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Financial Information
Time to use a little cash
Tony Crowell
      The market continues to try to rally despite a seemingly unending parade of gloomy economic news. Much of the reaction in the market from the subprime crisis and its resulting fallout came from the surprise nature of the news.
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