I’m spending some time in the Santa Cruz mountains and a redwood forest. A redwood forest is often compared to a cathedral and for good reason. I must admit there is something of a sacred …
July 3, 2020
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What opera is closest to California redwoods?
Sanctified and glorified at Encanto Southern Baptist Church
Encanto Southern Baptist Church Contact: 6020 Akins Ave, San Diego 619-264-8641 www.encantosbc.com Membership: 300 Pastor: Robert Pope Age: 69 Born: Rocky Mount, NC Formation: University of District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.; University of Phoenix, Phoenix, …
July 3, 2020
Football: a career low for Lucille Ball
Do you miss the prospects of a football-free 2020? Not me, especially with this trio of celluloid scores to spike in celebration. Easy Living (1949) Jacques Tourneur had never seen a football game when RKO …
July 3, 2020
A poem for Independence Day by Francis Scott Key
Defence Of Fort McHenry O! say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er …
July 3, 2020
How to get to the river path from Sports Arena Boulevard
As far back as March of this year, locals have been asking the city for better access to the San Diego River bike path from Sports Arena Boulevard. “Anyone else experience going to the bike …
July 3, 2020
Nathan Fletcher's viral propaganda push
The sole Democrat on San Diego County's Board of Supervisors, onetime Assembly Republican Nathan Fletcher is looking to load up his county staff with social media and video makers to propel him to new political …
July 3, 2020
"We had to get canning quickly"
Rollercoaster 2020 continues to hammer home the message we have little idea what’s coming next. At this writing, San Diego somehow escaped being one of the 19 California counties the governor ordered or recommended bars, …
July 3, 2020