Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado straddles the great continental divide. It’s home to the headwaters of the mighty Colorado River. This southern Rocky Mountain park is dominated by rugged peaks, evergreen forests and breathtaking alpine tundra.
Dear Life Matters, I am furious with my husband because he did not give me anything for Mother’s Day! Not even flowers. The kids gave me things that they had made me in school and we all went to breakfast that he paid for, but I have a 6-month-old little boy.
Until I gave birth for the first time, I never thought much about the fact that making a child doesn’t automatically make you a parent. To be sure, it’s a cliché straight from a public service announcement, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less true: Plenty of men father children but aren’t actually d
Energy is the lifeblood of modern economies and there’s no more amazingly useful form of energy than electricity. That’s why I was initially startled to read the recent news that the last of Japan’s 54 nuclear power plants has been shut down, a turn of events that makes Japan the first major economy
After a rough week of fighting for fathers in child custody cases, blogging at my website MensFamilyLaw.com, and arguing over whether or not the yacht club membership is a community asset, I like to relax by walking on the boardwalk and the Santa Monica Pier with my dog.
The watershed political event of the last quarter century happened Nov. 4, 2008, when voters defeated a ballot measure to temporarily curb commercial development called Measure T or the “Residents Initiative to Fight Traffic (RIFT).
Q: For many of us who are struggling to make ends meet, and considering the high price of fuel, alternative modes of transportation sound really tempting for making local trips.
The son of a milkman, Robert Redford grew up in the 1950s in Santa Monica in the shadow of the movie studios. Rebellious in his youth, he had two sports heroes: Ted Williams and Pancho Gonzalez.
Security. It’s something we all want and need. Especially mothers. It is also something that I, as many Americans, often take for granted. It is different elsewhere in the world.
Dear Life Matters, I recently relocated to Los Angeles from the Mid-west as a result of my company’s West Coast expansion efforts. As I adjust to a new city, opportunities, and professionals, I would like advice about making the most out of what Los Angeles has to offer.
The olive tree has sustained humankind since prehistoric time. Some venerable European specimens with gnarled and twisted trunks are 2,000 years old; and most religions revere this truly extraordinary tree.
I like to think I’m a pretty low-maintenance gift-receiver. I require nothing more than a card and a ridiculously cheap box of chocolate on Valentine’s Day (someone has to keep Hallmark and Whitman’s samplers in business).
