Archive for June 4th, 2010
Voices Off, Please! by Elizabeth Coombs
My mother has always been a big one for apologies. Kindness and consideration start with knowing how to apologize, she always said. “Everyone slips up sometimes,” she continually reminded my brother and me. “The easiest way to get past it is to say you're sorry, even if you think the other person is wrong, too. That at least starts the conversation.” Well, I'm going to take a page from [...]
Holly J. Mitchell Runs for 47th Assembly
She's been in my mailbox every day for weeks now, so I had to ask my hyper-political self- Ok, who is this woman and why should I vote for her? Holly J. Mitchell is the CEO of Crystal Stairs, an organization that I have long admired. Unless you are a working mother, you cannot imagine how crucial child care is to the entire economy. If you are a working single mother, child care is just [...]
Spirit, Art, Story and Song on Sunday June 6
Storyteller Barbara Wong will speak of "Men & Women; Love & Marriage" at our next Sunday evening at 6 p.m. on June 6 at Culver-Palms United Methodist Church 4464 Sepulveda Blvd. Barbara tells timeless tales filled with wonder, humor and wisdom, speaking to the hearts of young and old alike. In this program, she takes a light-hearted look at the relationship between men and women, and [...]
Mindful of Memorial Day By Gabby Friedenthal
The beginning of summer: That time when you feel the sweet release of the year’s busy pace. The sun is shining longer; your schedule doesn’t feel so very tight, you breathe a little deeper, and you drink icy margaritas on hot summer nights. Isn’t that what Memorial Day means? The beginning of summer? Ease? Barbeques? A three day weekend? When my husband asked me to stop for a [...]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund
Phoenix Mars Lander Does Not Phone Home NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), looking down on Phoenix from orbital height, shows signs of severe ice damage to the lander’s solar panels. “The Phoenix spacecraft succeeded in its [...]
