Adult friendships are hard. Yet in this time of the pandemic, they are more important than ever. Everyone I know is experiencing some form of loneliness, anxiety, unease.
You’d have to be living in a cave not to feel the uncertainty and sadness accompanying this period when there are more than 160,000 dead from the disease. We are in and out of quarantine, our daily routines are upended, there is economic hardship all around and we’re watching our children suffer from disturbed schooling and socialization. Even Michelle Obama, who I admire greatly for her humor, strength and determination, admitted this week that she’s suffering from low-level depression.
At Tuesday's Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hearings on cannabis, there was much talk about the positive aspects of growing and using pot.
I might have gotten a contact high just from being in the audience. I feel slightly confused and unclear about my thoughts on the issue.
There were hundreds of people signed up to give statements to the supervisors about cannabis growing.
On Monday, I took a walk around Los Olivos with my husband and a dozen strangers. By the end of the walk, we were no longer strangers. And that is the point of the Denver-founded organization Walk2Connect.
In 2010, Jonathan Stalls took a 242-day walk across the United States. In the 8½ months of his over 3,000-mile stroll, some profound things happened for him: He made amazing connections with people across the country, learned countless stories, shared meals and relied on the kindness of strangers.
Tuesday was the first game of the 2019 Women’s World Cup when American women played against Thailand — and they were ready. Yet while playing crackerjack soccer, they are, at the same time, embroiled in a lawsuit with the U.S. National Soccer Federation. Why? Because they are paid less and valued less for their work due to their gender.
Industrial Eats, the very popular restaurant in Buellton, has been in the news lately. Unfortunately, it has made news in ways that have brought out some of the worst features of social media: ugly responses to opinions different than one’s own, and the belief that because we can be anonymous on social media, we can say threatening things without being responsible for our words.
