All La Mesa Blog Posts Tagged 'On La Mesa' (54)

Memories Come Flooding Back

This morning I was "thumbing" through my computer and came across a couple…

Are You Missing Someone Too?

LA MESA -- I looked out my window here at Lifesighs toward the trolley station.  Across the street and past the fountain.  I saw someone who looked so much like my father.  He was walking with a…

The Former Police Station Land Now Sits Vacant

 A Heart Transplant For La…

A Doggone Shame

An Open Letter to my Four Legged Friends

Dear Doggies of La Mesa,

It's me.  Chris Shea, owner of Lifesighs…

Of Reviewing Stands and Tiny Edco Trucks

LA MESA -- I was sitting directly across the street from the reviewing stand at the Flag Day Parade on…

Tales Of The Junketeer

At the recent May 14 La Mesa City Council meeting Mayor Art Madrid requested $2,000 to attend a convention in La Vegas hosted by the US Conference of Mayors. When rightfully questioned by members of the city council as to the value of the event,…

Agenda for a Second Century

LA MESA -- When Sarah…

My Christmas In The Village

LA MESA -- This is my first Christmas in the village of La Mesa in my little Lifesighs Store.  Just now two little children and their daddy stepped into my store and brought me a blooming bulb as a…

Free Range Thinking

LA MESA -- It hasn't been two years since a few local residents began asking for the right to keep chickens in their La Mesa backyards.

The arguments were pretty straightforward: We need the…

Just The Right Recipe For Higher Ed

GROSSMONT COLLEGE -- In the wake of victories for both Propositions 30 and V, it was probably natural to…

After A Storm, Quiet And Hope

LA MESA -- Democracy can be frightening. It is built on a trust that the common man or woman, informed as best they can be, will choose wisely those who will oversee the power to police, to incarcerate,…

Mulling The Signs Of Our Times

LA MESA -- Political lawn signs have a long history and it is certain that no persuasive argument will make them go away.

Some political scientist once said that each yard sign is worth 6…

La Mesa, From A Distance, Still Looks Good

GENEVA, NEW YORK -- As beautiful as it is, it is healthy to get away from the Jewel of the Hills. Living in a place that is as comfortable as La Mesa, there isn't as much pressure to…

La Mesa Loses Two Of Its Own Small Town Heroes

LA MESA -- This was a week for small town losses.

On the symbolic level, the death of Andy Griffith, the actor who played Andy Taylor, the sheriff in a fictional…

A Tribute To All Our Mothers

LA MESA -- This Jewel of the Hills has, in its century of life, managed to keep a broad range of lifestyles within its borders.

There are luxurious horse estates on Mt. Helix, middle class homes…

A Shoebox Town

When I was a girl in elementary school, my teacher gave us a class project:  make our downtown out of shoeboxes.  I was so excited!  I got to make the Tibbetts Store, a small clothing store, as I recall. …

Beneath And Behind This PBID Interregnum

LA MESA -- In the aftermath of the tumultuous last City Council meeting, it is clear the council is…

When Tibetan Words Touch La Mesa

UCSD -- The good people at the University of California, San Diego invited me to hear the Dalai Lama on Tuesday.

On a sun drenched morning I joined a very long line of students, faculty and local…

An Easter Story

LA MESA -- On the same day more than a decade ago when I moved into a Mt. Helix home, my new next door neighbors brought their new twin boys home from the hospital.

They were small and I was busy and for the first few years of their lives, we lived like respectful…