By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Mathew Broughton
This is my favorite view,” says Jill Cox, standing on the porch just off her living room and gesturing toward Sulfur Mountain in the distance. “This is what sold me...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | nshaffer@timespublications.com
Exploring a picturesque maze of canals and bridges via gondola, a charming gondolier in boater hat and striped shirt at the stern, is probably the single most enduring image of Venice — and...
By Marina Dunbar | Photo courtesy of SEEAG
November is the month in which the United States celebrates Thanksgiving, and thus it is imbued with an attitude of gratitude. It is a time when many recognize that we are beholden...
By Tim Pompey
After a 2020 Christmas season that was spoiled by COVID, the holiday celebrations for 2021 in Camarillo are back. The music, the lights, the decorations, even a brisk “polar plunge.” Like treats on a family table, they...
By Leslie A. Westbrook | photos by Luis Chavez
he Hopi carve and paint Kachina dolls that are given to children to learn the spiritual and religious significance attached to them. Any sensitive person who has encountered these emblems can...
Actress and director Jessi May Stevenson finds truth at the eye of the emotional storm.
By Emily Dodi, Photos by Michael Montano
can’t not do this,” says actor and director Jessi May Stevenson. “I can’t not be a lizard.”
Stevenson is referring...
TAKIN’ IT EASY A colorful sky enhances the wide-open-spaces ambience at Standin’ On The Corner Park in Winslow, Arizona. Photo courtesy Winslow Visitor Center/Chamber of Commerce
By Mike Nelson
How many records that reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100...
Ventura Ranch KOA Holiday promises fine living and adventure in the great outdoors.
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Kampgrounds of America, better known by the acronym KOA, has been a staple of family camping since it...
By Mike Nelson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
If they haven’t visited Marty and Tom Robinson’s Southwest Pueblo-style home in the foothills of northeast Ventura’s Ondulando neighborhood in, say, five years or more, guests could be forgiven for thinking, “Hey,...
by Alex Wilson
Perched atop a mountain promontory on the eastern edge of the Ojai Valley, commanding nearly unbelievable views, Meditation Mount welcomes people of all faiths seeking peace, personal growth and healing.
Since its founding in 1971, Meditation Mount has...
