Issues / 2000 / Dec 21
From The Editorial Desk
Congratulations to Jeff Zunich,who's $101 dollars richer as a result of winning our annual short story contest. Zunich's miniature story narrowly beat out runners-up Gary Carter and Penny Ellsworth, who each scored a free dinner ...
A return home for Christmas offers cold comfort and warm memories.
831--tales from the area codeFor those of us whose karmic condition involved a happy childhood, the kitchen refrigerator occupied a special niche. And I don''t just mean slightly to the left of the oven. In ...
the winners
Congratulations to Jeff Zunich, who's $101 dollars richer as a result of winning our annual short story contest. Zunich's miniature story narrowly beat out runners-up Gary Carter and Penny Ellsworth, who each scored a free ...
Streetalk
The Season is upon us like fleas on rats. Everywhere people are spreading joy and maxing out their credit cards. Is this the spirit of America''s favorite holiday? To find out, we braved Santa''s little ...
Women with low voices find a niche in the boys' room.
classicalTrue female altos, singers whose range extends well below the middle C that stands at the bottom of the soprano range, are rare. Famous altos of modern recording history include Kathleen Ferrier, Erzsebet Komlossy and ...
Squidfry
Torpedoes Be Damned The Monterey Bay Shores Resort, the 495-room hotel and condo complex previously destined for the Sand City coastline, went down in flames at the state Coastal Commission meeting in San Francisco last ...
A frenzy of residential redevelopment threatens to change the face of Carmel.
Last Thursday, about a dozen longtime Carmelites journeyed from their sleepy village by the sea to San Francisco to give the state Coastal Commission a piece of their minds. On the commission''s agenda loomed the ...
Your Letters
Animals Are People, Too Having written about urban wildlife for years, I am used to seeing misinformation, and Christina Waters' article, "Boomer the Critter Man" (12/14-20), was no exception. For the record, Fish and Game ...
At Little Wings' Carmel Highlands farm, abused kids and mistreated animals learn kindness and trust.
Across from Point Lobos off Highway 1, a dusty road winds past horse pastures, trailers, and barns. A small sign tacked on a tree points the way to Redwings Horse Sanctuary, a 50-acre refuge overlooking ...
Though the parallels with Robinson Crusoe are obvious, Cast Away misses the point.
Rereading Daniel Defoe''s Robinson Crusoe--the godfather of all castaway adventures, including the new movie Cast Away--it''s striking how much of a message it contains. Written in 1719, the novel flatters its middle class audience in ...
Scott Dosch creates stunning seaside sculptures that are literally here today, gone tomorrow.
Scott Dosch stands on the sand at the bottom of Carmel''s Ocean Avenue passing around a plastic bucket as gawking tourists scramble through their pockets and purses for dollar bills. "Please support the arts, folks," ...
Menorahs, dreidels and mom's homecooking make the Jewish holiday special.
SidedishHanukkah, the eight-day Jewish holiday that begins on Dec. 21, commemorates the survival of the Jewish faith. During the second pre-Christian century, the Syrian-Greek emperor Antiochus IV forced his subjects in Judea (the southern part ...
