When art reflect life, sometimes it hurts to watch
The question about why one goes to the movies — hoping for what? — has perhaps never been in the dock more than in the case of “Amour,” which my wife Lacey and I went to see last week.
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Blaney Colmore
The grace of goodwill
If you live long — and lucky — people may show up from an earlier time whom you will recognize as markers by which you take your bearings.
Saul Bellow, the Nobel Prize and countryfolk in Vermont
In 1996 I screwed up the courage to try my hand at writing after 30 years preaching in four urban churches. The question was, where would we live? The only place we owned was the 1830 farmhouse in rural Vermont we bought when we lived near Boston and for which we had paid less than many people in Southern California pay for their cars. Loved going there to get away, but live there?
Reflections of life at the 71-mark
Around 2,000 years ago the Moche people built a society that incorporated the first real state structure in South America. It lasted more than 800 years – roughly from the time of the expansion of Rome (around 200 BCE) to the Islamic conquests (around 650 CE). Near what is today the Peruvian city of Trujillo, they built a city with streets, canals, plazas and industrial areas any contemporary Roman town would have been proud of.
Remembering my friend, John Thiele (1920-2012)
With this column, The Light welcomes Blayney Colmore, writer-in-residence at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and his essays on life. Colmore periodically sends his columns to friends and family under the heading “Notes From Zone 10” (or from the planting Zone 4 in Vermont where he resides in the summers) and has agreed to share them with all of us.
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North Coastal News
- Carmel Valley Middle School Spring Concert June 19, 2013Carmel Valley Middle School held a Spring Concert event on June 6. Guests enjoyed a variety of student performances. […]
- Summer Serenades concert series in Carmel Valley begins June 30 June 19, 2013The Carmel Valley Recreation Council, along with Pardee Homes, Kilroy Realty Corporation and Sampson California Realty, are presenting the Summer Serenades 2013 concert series. This will be the Council’s 23rd year to host the summer concert series and this summer promises to be one of the best! Bring the whole family for a night of live music and fun. Don’t […]
- Solana Beach Little League Wins District 31 Little League Skills Competition June 19, 2013Solana Beach Little League Majors All-Stars won the overall two-event skills competition at the recent District 31 Little League All-Star skills competition. […]
