Cambrian Columnists

Good-old food, fun and games at Heritage Day on Saturday

Mark Landgreen bakes bread as in days of old, saying the key to success is good management of the sourdough starter. Visitors to California missions recognize his homemade, wood-fired adobe horno oven, a carryover from many eastern hemisphere countries.

Would that we were fortunate enough to have Mark Landgreen in the back yard with the wonderful “horno,” or adobe-style oven, he built in his front yard. That would be in the back yard of the Cambria Historical Museum where we will set up a small...

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'Teenage' elephant seals shedding their skins

The beaches at the Piedras Blancas viewing site have been covered from bluff to sea with elephant seals during the molting season. Right now the population is changing as the juveniles, ages about 2 to 6 years old, complete their month-long molt, shedding a layer of skin and hair and heading to ...
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Cambria Center for the Arts Q&A: Jeanette Wolff

This is the sixth in a series of interviews presented by the Cambria Center for the Arts to heighten awareness of artists — and the arts — in our community. Jeanette Wolff — J’Net — is a Cambria-based multi-media artist known for her bright and compelling ...
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Lots for kids to do in Cambria over the summer

Ah, the time of year when parents are really scrambling to entertain and care for their little ones. Cambria has gone through cycles where there are more and less options, to be sure. Once upon a time, I used to be in charge of youth programs in town, so I know. Oh, wait; I had little ones, too!
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Towhee trumps zzz’s

Oh dear. I hear my alarm again. It’s about 5:30 a.m. on a Sunday, not quite daylight. I don’t have to be up for a couple of hours, if then. But I didn’t set my alarm. I cannot turn it off.
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‘You want to do what in the garden?’

Only the most meticulous gardener can arrange to have every corner of the garden presentable at once. Things like “deadheading” (meaning dead flowers have been removed, which seems pretty obvious to me, but husband Don tells me that not everyone knows what “deadheading”...
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There’d be few carrots in my commencement schtick

Question authority. Get pissed off about the state of the world. In fact, in this day and age of ‘entitlement’ mentality, this is the one thing you are truly entitled to: concern, disgust and anger over how your world is physically and socially shaping up (or, breaking down, as the...
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Constructive communications: A gentle rein nourishes cooperation

When you rein your horse, do you apply painful pressure until you’re understood? Do you swing your reins and slap your horse to get your way? Do you pull hard or jerk a lot? Of course you don’t.
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A fine feast features Native American foods

It never ceases to amaze me how well our locals support community organizations, especially nonprofit groups. Equally gratifying is how supportive our participating local restaurateurs and vintners are!
CAMBRIAN COLUMNISTS

Cambria apart from, but also in, life’s warp & woof

I was coming back over the hill yesterday morning, a bright, beautiful day looking out toward the Pacific, passing through sweet pea-studded hillsides and fields of hay being freshly mown, when I began reflecting on a recent column I wrote. More specifically, on a response I got to it (thank you...
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Anyone can get old if they live long enough

“Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.”