Columns

Adulting Still Includes Storytime     Food and fireworks aside, July Fourth conjures an array of visual images plucked straight from the illustrations in a...

The Key to Fitness is Change     In accordance with Newton’s first law, a body in motion stays in motion...In eating and physical activity...

Remembering Chris Lang     Back in 1978, my favorite babysitting clients gave me a $10 gift certificate to Sooto Records for my fourteenth birthday....

The Law of Inertia     A body in motion will stay in motion    This is great news until our workouts and eating stop...

Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month     June, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, also provides an opportunity to reflect on the importance of our farming...

April 1 through May 16 Calls for ServiceAccident Injury: 5 incidents: Camino Pablo (3), Meadow Rd., Dairy Creek Ln.Accident Property: 5 incidents: Tappan Ln., Camino...

You Should Buy Trust, Not Price     At Orinda Motors, we hear the question about what something would cost sometimes 20 times a day....

Was Last Year A Fever Dream?     Now for a little story about a guy I knew in college. And not just so I...

Best Laid Plans     I planned this whole month’s column about director “B” sides – films made by famous directors that veered from their...

• Aging is not about how many years you have lived, but more about how you have lived your life.• If you wished you...

(Barbara Kobsar, Photographer) (L-R) Gaby, Mia and Erik Lopez from Chay’s Farm at the Farmer’s Market, are ready to sell their delicious strawberries.      Excitement...

Not so Turbo Taxes After All     If you see a CPA at Geppetto’s, pay for her coffee.    But you probably won’t see...

Calls for Service911 Hangup: 4 incidentsAccident Injury: 2 incidents: Moraga Way, Meadow Rd.Accident Property: 8 incidentsAlarm False: 12 incidentsArmed Robbery: 1 incident: Wildcat Canoyn/El...

Dare we discuss the other contagious plague in Orinda: head lice?     With activities curtailed and distancing enforced, undoubtedly cases are way down....

Electric, Hybrid or Plug-in Hybrid?     Many people in the Lamorinda area may be considering their next vehicle to be electric and/or hybrid....

Asparagus Active Harvest Month     Look for bundles of fresh asparagus standing neatly at attention at the market stands. April is the most active...

Realtors Navigate “Volcanic” Orinda Real Estate Market     The past 12 months saw office closures, work-from-anywhere-forever announcements, and rumblings of state income and wealth...

Two For The Price Of One     Reports claim when Peter Jackson started the monumental task of bringing J.R.R Tolkien’s epic Lord of the...

February 7 through March 6 Calls for Service911 Hangup: 18 incidentsAbandoned Vehicle: 1 incidentAccident Property: 7 incidentsAlarm False: 33 incidentsBurglary: 1 incidentBurglary, Auto: 1 incidentCorporal...

Get In Shape Just Sitting at Your Desk!     Every time you eat, your body starts burning calories. Try to eat small & healthy...