Easter is, at least for faithful Christians, the most important, most joyous Sunday of the year.

Transitions are critical to understanding pretty much anything, and we're definitely in a transition period right now.

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?

There's a ride in California Adventure called Toy Story Midway Mania. It's sort of a shooting gallery, but you're moving through it, sitting in a car.

Don't look now, but we're coming up on the first of two annual fund-raising seasons.

We live in a world of instant communication — text messages, email alerts, news from around the world as it happens.

Unless there's another glitch, I'll get my second dose of Moderna tomorrow, Friday.

Will you be my Valentine? How about be my funny Valentine?

Passion is an interesting word.

I can already hear the cries from City Hall critics as they read the headline on this column.

When I'm not worried about violent insurrection or less-than-perfect vaccine distribution, it's always fun to try to figure out what the federal bureaucracy was thinking when they do stuff.

According to Mayor Robert Garcia’s office, a record number of people watched/listened to his State of the City speech, delivered virtually on several online platforms.

When I got up on Jan. 1, 2021, things were looking okay.

Take down the old calendar — get that new one up there early Friday morning.

Christmas Eve this year gives me pause.

Have you got your vaccination yet? Me neither.

I'm going to try to keep this one short — I figure quick requests are more effective than long, drawn-out pitches.

Things got pretty depressing around here Monday.

Are you finding it a little difficult to be sincerely thankful this Thanksgiving?

I was supposed to throw a party this Sunday.

I've complained before about the inexorable march of time, at least as it relates to my body.

I am a results-oriented person.

Back in the prehistoric era, when I was attending what we called junior high school, I was a half-miler in track for about 15 minutes.

It snuck up on me.

I doubt many people would try to say Long Beach has enough housing, let alone affordable housing.

You’ve undoubtedly heard the phrase “taking its own sweet time.”

I was reminded again this morning just how dependent we have become on internet access and all that provides.

I’m old enough to say without fear of contradiction that I’ve lived through some unusual times.

This last Tuesday former Mayor Beverly O’Neill celebrated her 90th birthday.

I was a bad boy last week — I didn’t stay home.

It's back.

I have watched, oh, say 40 or so municipal budgets be cobbled together in my 40 or so years in this business.

I’m the most impatient person I know.

I don’t often take on the falderol that takes place in the nation’s capitol in this column, but it’s hard to ignore this week.

It seems like every two or three years, I feel compelled to write a column about how it feels like I’m working in a vacuum.

Like pretty much everything else this year, Saturday’s Fourth of July promises to be something different.

We’ve been at this for three months now.

Defund the police force.

When will we learn?

What runs through your mind when you have a coughing fit these days?

I'm trying to teach my dog how to tell time.

According to our Pledge of Allegiance, we are "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

I messed up last week.

I'm not telling you anything when I say we live in unprecedented times.

I'm beating my head against the wall — the dogs hate it when I do that — trying to come up with something to write about that isn't coronavirus related.

The guy at the paint counter said the store is slammed with people "doing projects."

I attended church last Sunday. I plan to attend this Sunday, too.

While the world is consumed with the coronavirus and how to be safe, the clock still is ticking on the March 3 primary.

There's a saying used often in my old Colorado stomping grounds.

It’s hard to talk to anyone these days without hearing their take on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.