Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes

  When I heard Brian Wilson and friends 9 years ago, he was somewhat frail but the music he wrote and played, including the Beach Boys hits,...

the long view       Watching the world  is easy out here,  close to the edge of the planet.        In full disclosure, we're in...

   While we seem be damned by current political attitudes,  profound changes are right behind us. We ponder views and the attitudes that d...

Happy Hour Morro Bay, Ca Halter Ranch Vineyard, Paso Robles appellation       At risk of sounding self evident, everything is rel...

GOING BACK     Though he meant it differently, Thomas Wolfe's title You Cant Go Home Again has been nagging around the edge of my m...

LIKE A BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY     A favorite stop in Washington-The Newseum.  An incredible display of history told through the lens o...