Panhandlers Beg the Question
“It’s not about not giving,” said Jon Lemmond, a pastor at Montecito Covenant Church. “It’s about giving in a more substantial way.”
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Trickle-Down Trepidation
By teaching our kids penny prudence, are we creating financial anxiety?
View from the Control Tower
I come from a matriarchal flock of females who are all really comfortable with our hands on the tiller.
Dazzling Dollhouse
My dad is a woodcarver and he worked most of a year on my “tiny mansion.” It was replete with French doors, balconies, and a buzzing doorbell.
Cars Are for Banging
Stares notwithstanding, I’m at ease in a dent-riddled ride.
Bucking Monogamy
A covey of free-thinking, free-loving dissidents is practicing what they call “polyamory”—being openly involved in multiple intimate relationships.
Don’t Let the Dog Lick Your Privates
As a mother, 87 percent of the sentences that spring from my mouth are vapid. Artless. In fact, they border on asinine.
The Getting from Giving
Starshine drags her son to an area homeless shelter to serve lunch to a couple hundred down-and-outers.
Parent Speak
I’m what they call a word person, preferring “viridian” to dreary green, and never uttering “confused” when “flummoxed” is within reach.