Why I Put My Christmas Tree up a Month Ago

Why I Put My Christmas Tree up a Month Ago

  Our Christmas tree angel is a little tipsy. I’ll include a picture here so you know I speak the truth. It may be that she’s just tired of being on her perch for so long. Since Nov. 6, to be exact.   I suppose some people think that it’s way too early to...

Local Author Releases Book on Ancestry

BY LUKE HAROLD, Del Mar Times OCT. 4, 2022 4:44 AM PT Scott MacDonald, a longtime former Del Mar resident, has released his fourth book, “Legacy: An Ancestral Journey Through American History,” a narrative of his ancestry following years of research. “It’s been a long...
Observations and Priorities in Life

Observations and Priorities in Life

My father died when I was six years old and was raised by a single mother. We never had any money but did not grow up in poverty either. Like my brother and sisters, I worked from an early age including washing dishes in junior high school, delivering newspapers, and...