With 2009 behind us, we may want to compassionately assess how much impulse control we exhibited regarding the overwhelming number of temptations that were offered to us during the onslaught of holiday cheer (sometimes morphing afterward into holiday jeer!). The good news is that this fresh New Year may serve as an opportunity to take …

Maybe, because it’s the year 2010, I feel a responsibility to raise the level of my game when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions. It’s hard to believe that it was just nine short years ago that we thought the world’s economy, or at the very least our home and work computers, might experience a …

It was my first New Year’s celebration in San Francisco, California. I’d long dreamed, back home in Charleston, South Carolina, that I would someday move to California and live the good life in sun, temperate climates and just a little bit of Melrose Place-like drama, and here I was. I had a bottle of champagne …

January is a good time for reflection and projection for the year ahead. I asked 12 golfer’s, some friends and some students of mine, from beginner’s to professionals, what their goals were for the year ahead. Here is what they had to say: “Get into better physical condition; lower my handicap; win the Club Championship; …

Big Band music at its best
The ‘Big Band Era” music of the 1930’s and 40’s are some of the most memorable and recognizable songs ever written. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, developed in the early 1930’s, by 1935 was the hottest music in the United States.
Origins
Much of the jazz music before …

A Photo Journal by Susan Wood

A rare sight—snow in the Bay Area. It’s been more than 30 years since we’ve seen this much snow here. Local images include the landmark Summit Building atop Mt. Diablo. The Summit Building and Museum was constructed in the late 1930s by the California Conservation Corps. The sandstone for the …