claudia's surf city

Is it because it is a crown?

Doggie Dear, worn out by her first Thanksgiving.

Sorry I was off line yesterday. I was busy. I should be busy today, but I'm just tired. Ed, the turnips were a huge hit.

(2006) this year Female: (11) 12 Male: (6) 9 Males under three: (2) 0 Sets of twins: (1) 1 LBGT: (that I know of) (2) 2 Psychiatrists: (1) 1...

OK, let's get into the wayback machine and go backwards in time to 2005. It was the only Thanksgiving Wolfen ever missed. (They're e...

In French, souvenir means memory. Here, it means memento —a keepsake that reminds you of a place you've been or an event you treasured...

Today I wrote a letter of recommendation for a young woman who is applying to journalism school. It was a counterintuitive exercise for me. ...

You never know how things are going to come out. Take a gently nurtured child, pamper her and give her every material thing her heart desire...

Some people still have pets. Some people have kitties which they keep by their fireplaces in Brooklyn while eating Italian pastries all day ...

It is my sad duty to inform you that Mr. Squiggles has passed away. He was becoming increasingly, er, sluggish. And as far as slugs go, it...

The West Plains Daily Quill , my favorite small newspaper in the world, put the 200th anniversary of Thomasville, Mo., on the front page yes...

Big excitement at the Dowling International, a.k.a. Claudia's Crashpad, and no I am not talking about Aymar! I was just finishing off so...

An expedition can bond people—and the more brutal, the more lasting the bond. High altitude is pretty brutal—especially after the first mont...

Rabbi Abraham, a man who goes for extreme cold-water swimming at Coney Island, poses with another Brooklyn fixture, now recovering from abdo...

Peruvian-American artist Aymar Ccopacatty put on a bitchin' show at Tribes Gallery . Called Recycling Urgencies, the show is comprised m...

About Frank and Dianne: They bought yet another property In Missouri, including forty-something acres and this lovely John Deere room, with ...

On the Day of the Dead, an exhibition of the life work of Ann Sims Rath Dugan opened at the Harlin Museum in West Plains, Mo., complete with...