A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE SANDMAN
By Al Graham The Sandman is a self-taught artist. His canvas is the city sidewalks of Coronado. Using sand and dirt, he creates colossal images which he calls “dust formations” — a giant panda, pig,...
View ArticleGHOSTIE GIRL
By Suzi Lewis Pignataro When I was twenty-four, my boyfriend Eamon and I visited the Pacific Northwest. Our final destination before flying home to the Bay Area was the magnificent Mount Rainier in...
View ArticleBESTIDA “BESSIE” CHAIYO DILL — A PICTORIAL ESSAY
Photos by Al Graham (“Crazy Uncle Al”) Born to proud parents, Jeffrey and Tip Dill on October 27, 2008, Baby Bessie makes everyone in our family’s world complete. As a newborn, she had shown like a...
View ArticlePRINT CANDY DESIGN
By Rachel Battleson Creating things has always been what makes me happy. In childhood it was my way to escape boredom; in adulthood it’s my way to escape monotony. I believe that something handmade...
View ArticleYKYGUICWhen…YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN CORONADO WHEN
Excerpts from the Facebook blog exclusively for those of us who grew up in Coronado: YKYGUICWhen… Does anybody remember the reverend (I think it was Reverend Brown) of the Episcopal Church, when he...
View ArticleCORONADO HOME HARVEST
“Sharing What We Have” Coronado Homegrown Fruit, Vegetable, and Flower Exchange Bring your garden’s bounty and take home a wonderful assortment from Coronado’s finest gardens. No garden? Team up with...
View ArticleNAVY SEAL DOGS
Submitted by Kathy Campbell When U.S. President Barack Obama went to Fort Campbell, Kentucky recently for a highly publicized, but very private meeting with the commando team that killed Osama bin...
View ArticleTHE CORONADO CACTUS CAPER
Excerpt from I REMEMBER By A. R. Graham There is a little known story about Anne and Andy Morrison administering dinosaur-size doses of peyote to an entire community in 1969. Andy Morrison and a few...
View ArticleThe Thirteen Virtues
by Benjamin Franklin Temperance: Eat not to dullness. Drink not to elevation. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation. Order: Let all your things have...
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