Ruth’s Truths by Ruth Morris

Barbie Doll Memories — Today a colleague showed me a special book; it was a Barbie retrospective, showing classic Barbie dolls in settings in and around LA. She said she’d brought it to school to …[READ MORE]

An Ode to Ballona Creek — The Los Angeles basin is basically a desert that leads out to the Pacific Ocean. The city, however, as many worldwide, actually grew around a river. The Los Angeles …[READ MORE]

The Jewish New Year, not coincidentally the traditional start of the school year in occidental cultures, is upon us. This has been THE most different new year observation for me in 20 years; it is …[READ MORE]

UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN — Collector that I am, one of my compilations is Starbucks mugs, which I dutifully pick up from every corner of the globe that I trot. Each carries a memory of the trip …[READ MORE]

I’ve been commuting once a month to the San Francisco Bay Area for the past year. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz: first one son went there for college, and now the second one has ended up …[READ MORE]

RECONCILIATION… …is hard. However, as my high school (University High School in West Los Angeles) mentor-teacher-coach, Mr. Anderson, used to say, “Hard is good.” I told him it would be “hard” for me to get …[READ MORE]

The best kept secret in Culver City is Culver City Adult School’s Summer Enrichment 4 Kids. This is not an advertisement, nor will I admit to any bias. I’m just saying, I have been involved …[READ MORE]

When my mother died, my father instructed the cemetery to put the phrase “Loved By All Who Knew Her” on the headstone of her grave. It was either that, or, “Rather Be in Vegas,” which …[READ MORE]

“It’s All About the Bike” I can be seen every morning and afternoon on our Ballona Creek bike path, Darth Vadering a pair of goofy construction worker’s goggles, recommended by my ophthalmologist to reduce wind …[READ MORE]