Coronado Magazine January 2022

CORONADO MAGAZINE

JANUARY 2022

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10| A Colorful, Sweet & Bubbly 2022 24| Notes From A Newbie into the Rhythm 44| Getting of Memphis

59| Clean Home, Happy Living your favorites

14| After The Party 35| New Year, Same Me Icon: The Grimaud 40| Island Family

53| You Can Go Far Considerations 60| Financial During A Divorce

66| The Final Word

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The First Word Hello 2022!

With this January issue we bid farewell to 2021 and greet the New Year of 2022. We meet Steve Phillips, who pioneered new surgical techniques for the heart, giving countless people a ray of hope they never would have had before. We get into the rhythm of Memphis, and consider the marvels that come with a Blood Orange Champagne Cocktail, all the while mindful of the traditional New Year’s Resolutions.

With this new year, I’d like to propose an alternative to the all-too-familiar resolutions that typically fall by the wayside before January is in the rear-view-mirror. With this new year, I’d like to promote a little …

FORGIVENESS It borders on being an existential question … is forgiveness something that can only be freely granted … or is forgiveness something that can only be honestly earned? The answer to that question is a debate that could go on for many pages … but not these pages. There is a flip-side to forgiveness, and that is guilt. Guilt can be a positive motivator toward righteous moral action, but it can also become a debilitating weight, or possibly be used as a weapon by others.

This New Year we all need to take some time to reflect upon this relationship between guilt and forgiveness. The world is full of tensions that we are not the creators of, that we have no control over, that we have no ability to change, and yet we are expected to bear the guilt for. On the other hand, it takes a lot of energy to hold on to anger and resentment. Maybe it is time to evaluate the things we are willing to forgive, whether the guilt lies with us or another.

It’s time to embrace a little forgiveness this New Year.

Dean K. Eckenroth Jr Editor & Associate Publisher

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A Colorful, Sweet & Bubbly 2022

By Christine Johnson

As we near the end of, let’s face it, a crappy two years,

But in the end his heart is still filled with joy and he

it’s time to look ahead with positivity and happiness. A

celebrates the holidays anyway. I used to say to my

little alcohol wouldn’t hurt.

husband of 20 years, “At what point in our marriage do

Celebrating the New Year and what’s to come in our

we love each other enough and trust in our partnership,

lives is a tradition for everyone. We make promises we

that we can just say screw it – it’s time to appreciate

don’t intend to keep about going to the gym or taking a

who we actually are and not pressure ourselves at 60, or

cooking class.

any age, to be thin, and have no gray hair or wrinkles.”

Why do we put that pressure on ourselves? Do we feel

Let’s be honest. It’s a great feeling putting on those

the need to impress others at the water cooler? Or is it

size 4 yoga pants or actually owning something called

just simply New Year’s peer pressure?

“skinny jeans” that we can wear. But isn’t life more fun

When I think of any new year, I honestly don’t

if we just reach for that pint of ice cream calling us

understand why “resolutions” are so important. We are

from the freezer? If spending a year in quarantine and a

the people that we are and we are going to continue to

second year following all the “rules” has taught us any-

do the things we do. Sure, there is always room for im-

thing – it’s go for it! Life is too short not to enjoy cake,

provement, but placing yourself in a bubble of burden

candy and calories with our family and friends.

(when bourbon might be better) is stressful. We just

Let’s ring in 2022 with a resolution we intend to keep.

spent the entire month of December trying to find the

Gather together and try something new and delicious

perfect gift for Aunt Sally! Isn’t that enough strain?

rather than just pouring champagne into a pretty glass

I must say I understand The Grinch deciding to sit

like the ghost of Christmas past. Here’s something

back and watch Whoville go crazy rambling, wrapping,

I can get behind in 2022 by giving my champagne

and mailing, while he wallows in his green skin and

some holiday flare and color while we look ahead to a

laughs at the insanity. Lonely? Maybe.

brighter year.

Blood Orange Champagne Cocktail Let go of boring resolutions (and plain Champagne). This colorful cocktail will celebrate you! At only 156 calories per glass, this is a great drink for 2022 with loads of potassium and vitamin C – just what the doctor ordered to ward off anything coming our way. Adapted from halfbakedharvest.com.

Juice of 1 medium blood orange

In each glass of two glasses, combine half the blood orange juice,

Juice of 1 lime

lime juice and vodka. Add the ginger beer and top with cham-

2 ounces vodka

pagne.

4 ounces chilled ginger beer Chilled Champagne

Garnish the inside of the drink with blood orange slices. Serves 2.

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By Denise Lyon and Susie Clifford

When the parties are over, guests have gone home and holiday decor is put away, it can be the perfect time to recharge and get ready for the new year.

Returning to work and a normal life pattern can seem difficult - or some see it as a blessing!

Either way, allow yourself to feel the moment and be good to yourself.

“And suddenly you know: it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.”

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“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul.”

- Luther Burbank

Bring yourself color and joy with orchids. Studies have shown that orchids can help relieve stress and boost your mood. Orchids bloom at least once a year, usually in the winter, and the blooms can last for months. They are also low maintenance; give them a little light and a little water and they’re happy!

Photo by Hattie Foote

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“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.”

- Sylvia Plath

Quiet your mind and pamper your body with a soothing, warm bath.

Adding bath salts can moisturize your skin, alleviate muscle aches, stimulate circulation, and help you sleep.

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Isn’t chicken soup perfect comfort food? And good for you, too!

Try rotisserie chicken stock in this soup and you won’t go back to canned.

Also, using rainbow carrots make the soup colorful.

Golden Chicken Noodle Soup

*Rotisserie

2 tablespoons olive oil

This stock is really amazing.

Recipe adapted from garlicandzest.com.

3 stalks celery, sliced into 1/2 inch slices 1 small white onion, diced (about 1/2 cup) 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/2 inch rounds 1 clove garlic, minced (about 1/2 teaspoon) 8 cups rotisserie chicken stock* 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon or salt 3 sprigs fresh thyme 5 sprigs fresh parsley 8 ounces egg noodles 2 cups shredded cooked chicken 3 teaspoons parsley minced (to garnish) Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté on low 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add celery, carrots and garlic. Continue to stir and sauté for another minute. Add rotisserie chicken stock, parsley, thyme, pepper and bouillon (or salt) and gently stir until

Chicken Stock

1 leftover rotisserie chicken carcass and any drippings or gelled consommé left in the container 2 medium carrots roughly chopped 2 celery stalks roughly chopped 1 medium onion roughly chopped 5 sprigs fresh parsley 1 bay leaf 10 whole peppercorns 6 cups cool water Stovetop or dutch oven method: Place the chicken carcass in a large stock pot or dutch oven. Add carrots, celery, onion, parsley, bay leaf and peppercorns. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a medium low, cover tightly with lid and simmer at least one hour and up to two.

Slow cooker or crock pot chicken stock method: Add leftover rotisserie chicken carcass to slow cooker and add the remaining ingredients. Cover with lid and set the crock pot to low. Cook 4-6 hours.

combined. Continue cooking until the soup reaches a simmer. Reduce heat to mediumlow, stir in chicken and egg noodles. Continue cooking for 8-10 minutes or until the egg noodles are al dente.

Remove and discard the thyme and parsley sprigs (not to worry if some of the leaves have fallen off into the soup). Taste and season with more salt and/or pepper to preference.

Garnish with minced parsley.

Serve & enjoy!

Pressure cooker/instant pot method: Combine ingredients in the pressure cooker, seal lid and bring to high pressure. Set the timer for 15 minutes, cook until the time is up. Let pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then use the quick release method to open the pot,straining leftover rotisserie chicken stock.

For all methods: Set a fine mesh strainer over a large bowl or glass measuring cup. Using tongs, remove the chicken carcass and discard.

Working in batches, ladle the broth and vegetables into the sieve.

Press on the solids to remove as much liquid as possible. Discard solids. Broth can be refrigerated for 10 days or frozen in a plastic container for up to 3 months.

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Now that the rush of the holidays is over, take some time to cozy up in a chair, enjoy the calm, maybe read some books you’ve been wanting to get to.

“Perhaps I might read until I feel better.”

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Hot chocolate can improve cognitive functions, lowers blood pressure, helps mood swings and is full of antioxidants. Cheers to the French who have perfected this decadent, silky hot chocolate.

Smaller portions recommended.

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart” - Confucious

Parisian Hot Chocolate Adapted from pardonyourfrench.com and the Wall Street Journal

4 cups whole milk (use milk, not half and half ) 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped 3-4 tablespoons brown sugar (to taste)

Heat milk in medium saucepan on medium low, adding in the chocolate bits once milk has warmed, whisking occasionally, until chocolate is melted. Turn heat up to medium, and simmer 3 minutes, paying close attention it does not come to a full boil. Remove from heat and whisk in brown sugar. Pour into individual cups.

Top with whipped cream, marshmallows, if desired.

Suggested options: Add 8 ounces of hot espresso for a caffeine kick; add 1/2 cup rum or 1/4 cup liquor for an adult drink; add a teaspoon cardamom and cinnamon to spice it up.

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For 2022 Resolve to engage in the arts

Art pulls a community together . . .

Art makes you feel differently.

That's what art and artists are doing all the time, shifting and changing the way you see life.

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It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.

― Henry David Thoreau

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Notes from a Newbie

By Ivy Weston

As my colleagues and I walked along Or-

ange Avenue, crowds on either side waved and called, “Happy Holidays!” and, “Merry Christmas!” It wasn’t just a few people here and there but the majority.

To me, as a newbie to Coronado, this experience of walking in the Coronado Holiday Parade drove home what I had gradually been realizing, that this is a special community. People here love their city and take pride in its uniqueness and its traditions. Moreover, they are kind - to each other, to visitors, to people like me who work in a service capacity.

I work at the Coronado Public Library

as the Senior Librarian for Programs,

Outreach and Marketing. I’ve been on the job for six months and I must admit that at first, I didn’t know what to make of Coronado. There are some crazy angled streets here. It’s easy to get disoriented or lost while driving. Attempting to cross one-way, three-lane streets like Fourth feels like being Frogger from the classic video game or more currently, the characters in the mobile-phone game Crossy Road. Same concept - try to get across a busy road or jump log-to-log across a rushing river without dying. There’s a lot of traffic here for a small town. And politically? Let’s just say that like the greater United States, Coronado is polarized.

My husband Mark and I moved here from Santa Monica. I worked at the Santa Monica Public Library for 13 years in four different, progressively-responsible positions. But a leadership change and the pandemic, as well as my growing dissatisfaction with the LA-area rat race, made us decide this was a good time to make a move. I gave notice at my job in May 2020, thinking the pandemic would be over in a few months and why not take a little summer sabbatical, as Mark called it? I’d get a job in the fall.

Nearly a year and 15 Zoom interviews later, along came the interview for Coronado. After being fortunate enough to make it to the second round, I interviewed with Coronado Public Library Director Shaun Briley and Principal Librarian Glenn

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Reflections After Six Months in Coronado

in front of the hotel as I became teary-eyed at my good fortune, especially after such a bleak year. At last, a new start.

When Monday morning came, I owed

Risolo. I got a good feeling right away.

These guys smiled and made jokes, and I felt comfortable. Unlike many second interviews for library positions, in which it’s stated at the beginning that the interview is more of a conversation and then the hiring panel proceeds to stick to the script, these guys were interested in getting to know me as a person and we diverted from the list of questions more than once to share stories, anecdotes and laughs. When the interview concluded and I signed off, I was hopeful.

Two days later, Shaun called and offered me the job. He said, in his Englishman’s way, “Why don’t you have a think over the weekend” (this was Friday) and encouraged me to come down and visit the library incognito and “see if you like it,” as though I might not, in fact, like it.

I should mention that I had been to San Diego only twice in my life and never to Coronado. All I knew about Coronado was that the Hotel del Coronado was there, and it was an island. I’ve since found out it’s technically a peninsula, but Coronado residents refer to themselves as “Islanders” and the “Welcome to Coronado Island” sign - ‘nuff said.

Mark and I drove down the next morning and as we crossed the Coronado Bridge I could not believe my eyes. This would be my daily commute? Thankfully he was driving or I think I would have gone right over the edge.

As we parked beside the library, the first thing I noticed was the green expanse

Shaun a phone call. I accepted the job and of lawn and the majestic mature trees of

we arranged for me to start three weeks

what I’ve since learned is referred to as

later.

“Library Park.” My previous library was a big

Moving to a new town (I live in San

two-story modern building surrounded by

Diego but would consider moving to Coro-

concrete. This could not be more different,

nado for an affordable rental) and starting

in a good way.

a new job is not for the faint of heart. As

I’d done my homework for the interview,

exciting as it is to make a new start when

so I knew how the library exterior looked

you’re ready for one, it’s also scary and an

and I loved the character of the original

emotional rollercoaster. And it’s exhausting.

1909 library building (now the Spreckels

But everyone at the library made my transi-

Reading Room) and thought it was so cool

tion so much easier.

that the library kept it and built around

Six months in, I’m so glad I decided to

it, rather than tearing it down to make

accept the position. I feel a part of this spe-

something modern. It reminded me of the

cial community already and have met and

Ocean Park Branch in Santa Monica, a

worked with so many wonderful people.

sweet little baby-blue building, one of many

Even people I don’t know have been great.

whose construction was funded by Andrew

There was the senior couple who stopped

Carnegie.

me and Mark on the street the day we came

As we entered the Coronado Public

to check out the library by saying “Hi!

Library main entrance, I was blown away

Come pet our Westie!” and proceeded to

by its beauty. The Alfredo Ramos Marti-

chat with us for 15 minutes. There was the

nez mural behind the checkout desk. The

man in line at the dry cleaner who offered

terrazzo floors. The skylit interior and

to help me carry a large bundle of freshly-

stained-glass lamps in the Spreckels Reading

pressed tablecloths to my car and laid them

Room. The exhibit cases in the hallway,

carefully on the backseat. The old adage

filled with artifacts. As we walked through

“the kindness of strangers,” which seems

the main stacks, I found myself practically

lost on our current society, is alive and well

hyperventilating behind my face mask. I

in Coronado.

nudged Mark and whispered, “I’m going to

I look forward to the next six months!

be working here! I’m going to be working here!”

After our library visit, we walked along

Ivy Weston is a freelance writer who lives in

Orange to the Hotel Del (as I now know it)

San Diego. She’s also a librarian. When not

to see it after reading about and seeing pho-

working or writing, she’s enjoying exploring

tos of it so many times. At one point, after

everything this area has to offer. Follow her on

we walked along the beach, we took a selfie

Instagram at @ivythelibrarianrecommends.

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Steve Phillips:

By Brooke Clifford

Coronado has its share of residents with fascinating life

stories, and among them is Dr. Steven Phillips; retired surgeon and Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army Reserve. I had a chance to chat with Dr. Phillips about some of the many experiences and achievements throughout his life, which include pioneering medical techniques and earning recognition around the globe for his service and leadership in the medical field and beyond.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Phillips always knew he wanted to pursue a career in medicine. “My mother must have whispered something into my ear as a baby,” he joked of never straying from that interest. “When I was a youngster in high school I would volunteer at the hospital. …I think I was a freshman or sophomore when one of the orthopedic surgeons that I would see around said to me one day, ‘Hey kid, do you want to come see a surgery?’ And, ‘Oh god, yeah!’ and my eyes got wide,” Phillips recalled. “So he took me into the operating room and actually, it was pretty brutal – an amputation of a leg – but I thought it was really interesting.”

Following high school, Phillips attended a pre-med program at Hobart College in Geneva, New York. While at Tufts University School of Medicine, Phillips sought out Otorhinolaryngology, also referred to as ENT surgeons. “I wanted to be an ENT doctor only because you could rotate anywhere in the world where you could find accredited approval,” Phillips explained. “So I wrote up [to programs] in England and Sweden and any places I could get by

When it came time for Phillips to do his residency (then called

speaking English and I got a letter back from all of them saying I

internships), he got an offer from one of the doctors at that

could come but I’d have to pay my own way to get there.”

university to intern there, but Phillips explained that at the time,

Phillips had also reached out to a program in O’ahu, Hawaii that

getting a medical internship was all a lottery system. “I said sure,

responded back saying they’d love to have him and would pay his

and I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do so I signed up and

way. “I accepted that, and then I met my wife, Susan, and we got

I got matched to Brooklyn, of all places, at the hospital I was born

married,” Phillips told me. While the program couldn’t pay for

at,” he said.

both of them to get there, they did offer them room and board.

“So off we went, and really loved it,” he said. “Surfing every day,

“The fella that was the chairman there was very progressive; he put the first artificial hearts in, started doing heart surgeries –

and so forth.”

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Life with Heart this was in the mid-60s –, the first heart transplants in the U.S.,”

Hue, which was destroyed, and help them open up the hospital,’”

Phillips listed. “And I was involved in all this stuff and knew I

Phillips continued. He asked if it was safe and got a “probably

wanted to be a heart surgeon then.”

not” in response. “So we went down there and it was really just

“And then I got drafted,” he continued. A spot was kept open for

destroyed. But we set up a surgery program and people took care

him at Brooklyn while Phillips ended up serving twice in Vietnam

of us. It was like a big city hospital, and I’m sure there were a lot

from 1968 to 1970 as a part of the 101st Airborne and the 27th

of Viet Cong and NVA that we took care of but I never had a

Surgical Hospital. “I went over to Vietnam unassigned. A friend of

moment of fear.”

mine, who was actually a nurse and was one of the original Special

After returning to the States, Phillips served at the Walter Reed

Forces people, said ‘you have to go to Special Forces,’” he said,

Army Institute of Research where he worked on developing anti-

explaining how his friend told him with four years of college going

venoms and anti-toxins. Later he was asked by a friend to be a

into Special Forces wouldn’t put him in Vietnam, more likely in

member of the Board for the Vietnam Veterans Reception Center

Europe. “So I signed up, I think I was not even deployed yet for

for “The Wall” memorial. “I got to be friends with Colin Powell.

training when they said, ‘No, we need doctors in Vietnam.’ So I

Fast forward a couple years, I’m having coffee with him and his

went over unassigned.”

wife and a couple of other people. It was right before Veterans Day

When Phillips arrived in Vietnam to get his assignment, he

and he was giving a speech at The Wall, so we’re sitting there just

was sent north to where the bulk of the Tet Offensive fighting

chatting and someone comes up and says [to Powell], ‘I’m sorry

was taking place and joined the 101st Airborne. “I was a medic,

to do this, I know you like your personal time but can I just shake

just taking care of people,” he said of his time in that platoon.

your hand?’ And [Powell’s] a nice guy. He says, ‘Come on, sit

“After the Tet Offensive, the division surgeon came and said to

down. Tell us about yourself,’” Phillips recalled. So I did meet a lot

me, ‘I want you to take your platoon and go down to the city of

of interesting people.”

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“The fellow that started doing the

After his stint of active duty in the

angioplasty was in Switzerland,” he added.

Army, Phillips finished his

“So I called him, said I need to come

residencies and made strides

and see what he was doing and he knew

as a medical professional in his

who I was from the literature. So I took

field, picking up where he’d

a cardiologist and my son, who was 13 at

left off pioneering new surgical

the time, and we went over and we saw

techniques. “It wasn’t really

what he was doing and the cardiologist

intentional,” Phillips told me of

learned the technology. [The Swiss doctor]

that work, as he then spoke of a

had the teaching credentials and certified

beloved uncle of his who passed

the cardiologist to perform the angioplasty

away of a heart attack when he

procedure, and also certified my son

was 49. “Until the mid-70s…

as a joke; so my 13-year-old son had a

it was unacceptable because if

certificate, he was the youngest person

someone was having a heart

with it,” Phillips laughed. They returned to

attack only half of those people

the States and started using angioplasty as

even made it to the hospital. And

another means to open blocked arteries and

in those days, of the 50 percent

help patients.

that made it to the hospital, still 50 percent would die and then another 30 percent would die in the subsequent year. So the mortality rate from a heart attack was awful; an 80 percent death rate,” he explained.

“We started doing coronary bypass surgery in the late 60s and early 70s, and in my training we were just starting to do it,” Phillips continued. Being new, it was met with some trepidation in those early days of its conception. While Phillips was practicing in Iowa, he noticed that between three hospitals within a mile of each other, the in-hospital mortality was 30 percent.

“This is not right,” he remembered thinking. “We needed to do something and we had this bypass operation. The cardiologist that I was working with agreed.” He operated on a fellow physician, who while on his rounds one day who was having a heart attack and asked Phillips to

Phillips also pioneered a surgical perform the bypass. “I remember calling

procedure for infants who suffered from

my wife and telling her not to unpack yet,

a type of congenital heart disease that

that if he died we’d have to leave town,” he

significantly reduced the mortality rate.

joked. “Even doctor friends of mine were

“I did heart transplants, and I did heart

calling from hundreds of miles away asking

transplants on babies,” he started. “It’s

if I was sure I wanted to do this. I told them

pretty rare but there are babies that are

it really worked and they said, ‘Okay, we

born with a pulmonary connection not

won’t do it but we’ll watch you and we’ll support you.’ I didn’t sleep for four years until they started doing angioplasty.”

Phillips played a key part in publishing papers about the coronary bypass surgery that was helping save lives. He traveled around the world showing doctors how to perform the operation. “It wasn’t very difficult to do; you just had to get someone in quickly,” he described, and was happy to see that, and then angioplasty, become a part of the modern therapy for heart attacks.

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going back to the lung, so the blue blood

Over the years Phillips had patients from

Quarter Horse at the races.

would not drain to the lungs, it would

all walks of life and performed surgeries

drain to the liver.”

across the United States and in communities

performed the first heart transplant in the

around the world. He can remember

United States, two days after the first heart

about a baby with such a condition, so

meeting his first angioplasty patient in the

transplant in the world was performed in

Phillips studied the embryology of it. “I

hallway of the hospital and the man asking

South Africa. “That doctor came to visit

learned that the pulmonary veins that

him to wait for his lawyer before operating.

our lab to see one of the artificial pumps

connect back to the heart and drain the

When Phillips told him time was of the

we were using and he said to me, ‘Do it

left atrium…15 percent of the embryology

essence, he entrusted a map to him to give

quickly, I’m double dating with Dean

are these veins. The standard surgery was

to his lawyer. When the lawyer arrived, the

Martin and he’s out in the limo,’” Phillips

not doing anything with that. The baby

map was to all of his money earned from his

told me with a laugh at that memory.

He was called by a cardiologist one day

Phillips was a part of the team that

had 24-48 hours and I said, ‘I’m going to do something different,’” he recalled. And Phillips took the vein itself, disconnected it from the liver and flayed it open to be able to patch it to the atrium in the heart as a big cover to make up for the difference of the anatomy loss. “For some reason, I had five [infants with this condition] in a row within a couple months and they all survived. So I wrote it up and described the operation and people do that now as the routine procedure,” Phillips finished, describing that as one of the accomplishments he’s most proud of in his career.

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In 1997, Phillip’s name was tossed in the

with the Senate Majority Leader, talked

of my best friends was a commander out

ring for the position of Commissioner of

to Vice President Al Gore...my wife and

here, so I’d come out and talk about field

the Food and Drug Administration. While

I went around for six months,” Phillips

surgery, have medical meetings and stuff

having coffee with the Secretary of Health

mentioned. In the end he was close in

like that. I loved it out here, so when I

and Human Services, Donna Shalala,

the running, but as events played out

retired from the NIH at the end of 2015...

and friend and fellow distinguished heart

the nomination went to another doctor.

my wife asked, ‘Where should we go?’ And

surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, Phillips

Phillips looks back on the whole process as

I said there were some places in California

asked if they had anyone in mind for the

one of the more unique experiences in his

that are really nice. We retired in Aspen

position. “The Secretary of Health didn’t

life.

initially and skied and all that, but after a

have a chance to answer before DeBakey

Over the years Phillips has contributed to

few winters the altitude was getting to us.

said, ‘Why don’t you do it, Steve?’ I said I

the National Institute of Health, a branch

I said, ‘I know the place’ when we talked

was very involved with artificial hearts and

of the Department of Health and Human

about where to go. She didn’t want to come

surgery, that I didn’t know anything about

Services, as well as to the National Library

out here, so I said, ‘Let’s just start on the

this [position]. And the Secretary of Health

of Medicine. He helped create the Disaster

coast up north and come down.’ So we did,

said, ‘Gee that wouldn’t be a bad thing,

Information Management Research Center

and the last trip we made was to La Jolla.

why don’t you think about it?’”

and was a member of the Congressional

She said, ‘I really like La Jolla but it’s kind

mandated Department of Defense Task

of hilly,’ and again I said, ‘I know the place.’

and when the Secretary asked what his

Force on the Care, Management and

I had been saving Coronado for last, and

decision was, Phillips agreed to give it a go.

Transition of Recovering Wounded,

we had friends out here, and that’s it - that’s

“‘Alright then, let me tell you,’” Phillips

Ill and Injured Members of the Armed

how we got here.”

recalled being told by the Secretary of

Forces, among his many, many other

Health at that time. “‘You have to run like

accomplishments.

So Phillips went home and did just that

a political campaign. You have to go and

“Over the years I had come to Coronado;

Today he enjoys life in Coronado with his wife, Susan Zeff Phillips, playing golf and bridge, (part of the Wardroom Bridge

visit all of the senators but we’ll set it up

we’d work with the SEAL teams for

group) and watching his five children and

for you.’ So I made the rounds on the Hill;

[medicine] against sea snake venoms and

nine grandchildren succeed in their own

spent a weekend with the Kennedys, met

some other things,” said Phillips. “One

pursuits.

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New Year,

Same Me

By Hattie Foote

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Hi neighbors, welcome to 2022!

Yes, you read that correctly, I triple checked my calendar just to be sure.

I always like to start off my January with a quick introduction for those who are new here! I’m Hattie, I am a photographer and your local parenting expert. I use the term expert very, very loosely. Like so loose that expert just falls off and that leaves parenting. So basically, I’m parenting. My husband Chris owns Coronado Fitness Club, and we have two kids Lux (7) and Hunter (5) who are the light of our lives. A perfect day for us is donuts from Claytons, beach, a walk, and a spicy date night in town.

When I initially started this column, I tried to showcase the perfect Coronado parenthood experience, which in retrospect makes me cringe. I specifically remember writing about how I was going to make handmade treats to handout on the 4th of July parade. I thought this is what my community wanted to read about, real groundbreaking stuff!

After a year of fluff, I started to feel comfortable sharing myself; warts, and all. People didn’t want to read about star shaped rice crispy treats, they wanted to laugh about the wild ride of child rearing.

As I began to share my authentic self, I saw a shift in my work. I will tell you that my absolute favorite part of my job is connecting with people in all different stages of life.

It makes me happy when people stop me on the street and share their own experiences throughout their lives. It made me cry when strangers reached out to me when my dad passed away this year, I even got a few hugs on the street!

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Justin Bieber or a podcast about skincare or Real Housewives because that makes me happy. And when mama is happy, everyone is happy!

I texted my nearest and dearest about their resolutions, and to be fair I did not give them a disclaimer that this was for my column. My sister and best friend gave me theirs, which were not suitable for print, which makes me love them even more.

My mom replied they were stupid, and she never does them. My husband gave a long thought-out answer and my daughter said she wanted to face her fear of scuba diving, which was not on my radar because So hi, that’s me. I so appreciate your

weary after the past two years of misery.

we have never discussed it. My son said

readership, and I hope I make you smile

Instead of the usual eat-more-greens or

“to pee” whatever that means. So we are all

occasionally.

stop-swearing-so-much resolutions, my

over the place over here!

promise this year is to go easy on myself. I

Well, resolutions or not, I wish you great

the new year comes a fresh slate, right? I

am a self-care enthusiast, give it all to me.

success and happiness in this new year. Be

had professional organizers come sort my

I tried the “perfect mom” thing, putting

good to yourselves, be good to others, and

life out, which was great and felt like a great

everyone before myself and you know

for the love of God I hope you laugh. That

reset in the house. Lord knows how long

what, that wasn’t working out for me. I am

sounds like a bumper sticker.

that organization will last, but it felt like a

a better mom now that I speak up when

Listen, I wish I had some wise words

good start to a new year.

I need something. You may see me power

for you but all I can say is probably best

walking around town every morning after

to hold off on the yearly planners, we all

school drop off, air pods in just blasting

learned our lesson the past two years!

So, let’s get down to business, 2022. With

How are we feeling about resolutions?

Quite honestly, I feel too exhausted and

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Island Icon: The

By Karen Scanlon, CHA Volunteer

Grimaud Family

The Coronado Historical Association’s “Island Icons” monthly column is the product of a special archival project conducted by CHA’s volunteers. True to its mission to serve as Coronado’s primary center for community history, CHA archives these special interviews with Coronado icons. These historical vignettes feature insights and personal memories from Island Icons who share their life experiences in Coronado, recording the personal histories that may be lost in the near future without this initiative.

“The Great Depression brought us here from Fargo, North Dakota in 1934,” said Coronado resident Maurice “Swede” Grimaud. His father Andrie Faure Grimaud

The Grimaud siblings in 1992. Courtesy of the Grimaud Family

had become one of 15 million unemployed Americans.

was hardly big enough for my family but it

example, to work hard at whatever job, and

was all we had.”

to do it right.”

“Dad had worked at Cudahy Meat Factory,” Maurice continued, “until it shut

“Dad started Grimaud Landscape Service

The Grimauds had income property

down, and there was no other work. So

in the early 30’s; Ronald and I pitched in.

beside the appliance store. When the

mom, dad, sister, brother, grandparents,

Then in 1939 Dad bought a house at 461

Forsyth brothers saw Andrie was building

and I piled into the family car from Fargo

Orange Avenue,” Maurice said. “Dad was

the store, they moved into the rental and

to Coronado, slept out in the open, and the

not a well-educated man but fortunately he

opened The Mexican Village Restaurant.

trip cost us just $40.45 for gas and oil.”

met our mother, Adeline, who was a high

Maurice’s mother continued to collect

school graduate and could keep books and

rent from the property until the Forsyth

organize things.”

brothers purchased it in the early 1950s for

Seven Grimaud siblings inundated the island of Coronado in those early years.

(Incidentally, sister Annette was the first

$145,000.

Few people are around today to remember

baby born at the new Coronado Hospital.)

Grimaud’s Appliance Store on Orange

Maurice remembers that at the time, there

Avenue. “This was my dad’s dream to own

kid in Coronado. “There was a police officer

were many empty lots on the island and very

and operate a business,” Maurice says. “But

called Pop Millar who would walk all the

little work.

two months after opening the store, Dad

kids to the old theater and open up for free

died on Christmas Eve 1946 at age 46.

Saturday matinees. We’d see newsreels about

He had a bad heart valve, his dream was

the war, cartoons, and usually a Western.

property of Joe Delasalas at Fourth Street

short lived.” A touch of melancholy alters

Pop even made the cover of Life Magazine.”

and E Avenue, by the old Lamb’s Market. “It

Maurice’s voice as he said, “Dad taught us by

The family rented a small house on the

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Maurice has fond memories of being a

Grimaud‘s Home Appliance. c.1946/1947. Courtesy of the Grimaud Family.

During World War II, everybody was encouraged to bring what metal could be spared; pots and pans, all of it melted to

Diego Lumber for balsa wood and glue. We

Administration. Maurice remembers, “My

eventually used fiberglass.”

friend, Ernie, had property in Imperial

In 1971, a now infamous situation

Beach. From his back bedroom window he

make airplanes. “We’d go ’round the block

occurred where some Coronado High School could look into the kitchen of the apartment

looking for all kinds of stuff. We also grew

high school grads and elite swimmers-

he had been renting to these fellows. Ernie

Victory Gardens, vegetables to share, and we

turned-entrepreneurs began swimming illicit

was able to see that the table was covered

all sat around the radio and listened to the

packages across the border from Mexico.

with stacks of money, and called my brother

President talk.”

They involved a former high school teacher,

who came down to have a look. Dennis

and became known as ‘The Coronado

chased these guys from the border to

Company.’

Oceanside.”

As teens and young adults, the Grimauds did a lot of surfing. “We built our own boards,” recalled Maurice. “Ron noticed a

Interestingly, Maurice’s brother, Coronado

The Grimaud siblings all graduated

friend’s board lying on the beach, studied

Police Officer Dennis Grimaud was the

Coronado High School. From there, Donna

its curves, and the two headed for San

first to tip off the Drug Enforcement

married a Naval officer; Ron became an

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engineer; Maurice and Lowell joined the U.S. Air Force; Dennis became a Coronado cop; Gary went to work for San Diego Gas and Electric (now retired); and Annette married a Marine.

Maurice shared that he had some harrowing Air Force experiences on “those giant Douglas C-124 airplanes.” He remembers landing on sloped, slippery runways in Alaska and another incident in Da Nang, Vietnam flying into the circular vortex of a jumbo aircraft on a parallel runway.

Maurice married his childhood sweetheart, Jackie Newton in 1957. They raised three children, and enjoy four grandchildren. Density has changed Maurice’s Coronado. No more fishing on Glorietta Bay, only golfing. No more streetcars running down Orange Avenue. No more ferry boats bumping their mooring poles, or grunion hunting in the sloughs. But he is content in the home he built in 1990 on E Avenue. He Maurice Grimaud in November 2021. Photo courtesy of Karen Scanlon.

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Getting into the Rhythm of Memphis

By Kris Grant

depended on the labor of slaves, which explains, in part, why Mem-

It’s been a few months since I visited Memphis (last May to be

phis became a hub for blues music.

exact), and just like the notes of a favorite tune, Memphis lingers in my soul.

Today, Memphis continues as a trade hub, with FedEx basing its World Hub at Memphis International Airport, making it the largest

The second largest city (behind Nashville) in Tennessee, with a

cargo airport in the nation. Also, St. Jude Children’s Research Hos-

population of around 680,000, Memphis is in many ways the most

pital is headquartered in Memphis at One Danny Thomas Place.

Deep South of Southern cities. It has many nicknames such as

Since 1962, St. Jude has treated 45,000+ children from all over the

Bluff City and River City. The city was founded on the Chickasaw

world and their families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, or

Bluff overlooking the Mississippi by three rich Americans in 1819,

anything, so they can focus on their child.

including future President Andrew Jackson.

But it’s the city’s rich musical history where I began my Memphis

Memphis was always a center of trade, primarily cotton, which

tour. On my first night, I opened my musical odyssey on Beale

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Where Blues and Soul Meet Rock ‘n Roll Street, accompanied by Milton Howery, public relations director for

Louis Armstrong, Rufus Thomas, Muddy Waters and B. B. King

the Memphis Visitors Bureau.

play. King became known as the “Beale Street Blues Boy.”

Back at the turn of the 20th century, Beale Street was a center

Today’s Beale Street has re-emerged as the city’s entertainment

for black-owned businesses, including many restaurants, clubs and

hub for live music, sizzling soul food and gift shops (check out A.

shops. Its Grand Opera House became a centre for blues musicians.

Schwab’s, established 1876 and Memphis Music, the largest blues

Blues has its origins among African-Americans who worked as slaves

specialty shop in the world). A three-block area is blocked off to

on plantations and communicated with each other via ‘field calls’ in

vehicular traffic and adults 21 and older can walk around with

voices their slave owners couldn’t distinguish. Blues also has roots in

alcoholic beverages in hand. On this Thursday night, all the Harley

depression and melancholia.

Davidson owners turned out with their shined-up cycles and I’ve

A song recorded in 1909 “The Memphis Blue” became the watch-

got to admit, they were some pretty sociable dudes.

word for the area that later saw blues and jazz legends, including

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I got into the recording groove of Memphis with visits to three must-not-miss museums: Sun Studio: Sam Phillips created Sun Studio on the premises of Memphis Recording Service, recording such artists as Rufus Thomas, Ike Turner and a teenager just out of high school and part-time truck driver who walked into the studio on July 18, 1953.

Elvis Presley politely asked Phillips’ assistant, Marion Keisker, the only person in the studio that day, if he could pay the customary $3.98 to make acetates of two songs.

The studio tour guide relates that Keisker asked the young man, “What kind of singer are you?” to which he replied, “I sing all kinds” and she then asked, “Who do you sound like?” Elvis replied, “I don’t sound like nobody.”

A year later in July 1954, Keisker, who also was a Memphis DJ, asked Presley to play for Phillips. Phillips was only mildly impressed until after the session ended. Then Elvis broke into an impromptu session with studio musicians, playing a sped-up version of “That’s All Right.” Phillips was blown away and that song became the first of five singles that Elvis released under the Sun label, and which catapulted him to fame.

At Sun Studio, I stood in the exact spot Elvis stood in the original restored Control Room C and listened to the original broadcast where DJ Daddy-O Dewey Phillips (unrelated to Sam Phillips) introduced Elvis’s first radio session and broadcast of “That’s All Right.”

Escorted daily tours at Sun Studio start at the bottom of every hour and typically last about 45 minutes.

Marilyn Keisker (above) “discovered” Elvis Presley and Sam Phillips (foreground) launched his recording career.

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Stax Museum of American Soul Music: On the site of the original Stax Records,

ers. Today, the museum features interactive

this 17,000-square-foot museum celebrates

exhibits, films, stage costumes, musical

and promotes America’s soul music roots

instruments, vintage recording equipment,

and its cultural heritage. Stax Records was

and more than 2,000 cultural artifacts

founded in 1959 by Jim Stewart, a banker

dating back to the launch of Stax Records.

by day and fiddler by night, and his older

A highlight is Hayes’s gold-plated Cadillac,

sister, Estelle Axton; Stax combines the first

positioned on a rotating stage, the bet-

two letters of their last names. Estelle mort-

ter to see its fur-lined interior, television,

gaged her house to finance the purchase of a

refrigerated bar and 24-karat gold detailing,

former movie theatre and little by little, they

including gold windshield wipers. Self-

built their studio that recorded such soul

guided tours are ongoing daily; closed on

icons as Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Wilson

Mondays.

Pickett, Rufus Thomas and the Staples Sing-

The Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum: The only permanent Smithsonian mu-

today, the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum tells the

seum outside of Washington D.C., the

story of the musical pioneers who over-

museum focuses on music as more than

came barriers to create music that shook

just a sound, but rather as a bigger move-

the world. Open Wednesday – Sunday, 10

ment in a series of vignettes that cover pe-

a.m. – 5 p.m.

riods of American history. Covering early blues, the Sun Studio and Stax Records era of the 1970s, and its continuing influence

Original costumes like this dress once worn by Minnie Pearl are part of the Americana displays at the Memphis Rock “n” Soul Museum.

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Graceland: You’ll likely want to round out your musical tour of Memphis with a trip to Graceland, which Elvis purchased for $102,000 in 1957 when he was 22.

I was there in 2008 and it’s worth the trip to see all the kitschy designs from the 1960s, especially the Jungle Room, Elvis’s ultimate man-cave with tiki bar, lacquered wood furniture, shag carpeting and waterfall.

The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Hotel I spent my last day in Memphis at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, site of the April 4, 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The museum extends underground and rises again across the street to include the building from where assassin James Earl Ray took aim and shot Dr. King, just 39, standing on the balcony outside room 306. Did Ray act alone? An exhibit with detailed new evidence explores that question. Room 306 was not open the day I toured due to COVID, but a wreath was on the balcony and two classic cars, a white 1959 Dodge Royal and a white 1968 Cadillac, were parked in the lot below, instantly transporting me back in time.

The museum brings the stories of civil and human rights to life through moving interpretative exhibits and in-depth audio/visual displays that focus on milestone events that were championed by Dr. King.

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Reflecting on the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike, the “I Am a Man” exhibit displays the dignity of the sanitation workers in their push for proper working conditions. Following the crushing to death in trash compactors of two sanitation workers, more than 1,300 African American men from the Memphis Department of Public Works went on strike on Feb. 12, 1968. The strike brought Dr. Martin Luther King to Memphis, where he gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech on April 3, the night before he was assassinated.

In the museum’s exhibit of the 1955 – 1956 Montgomery bus boycott, visitors can hear audio that’s triggered by entering the bus. Three-dimensional figures are positioned on the sidewalk to indicate the significance of the women of Montgomery, who sustained the boycott by walking or carpooling to work. Dr. King is highlighted as an emerging leader of the movement, with audio of his speech delivered the first night of the boycott.

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IF YOU GO...

Memphis Tourism: MemphisTravel.com

The Legendary Sun Studio: Sunstudio.com

Stax Museum of American Soul Music: StaxMuseum.com

Memphis Rock ‘n Soul Museum: memphisrocknsoul.org They also include the Montgomery bus boycott, with a replica of the burned-out hull of a Greyhound Bus, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, the March on Washington, the Selma Voting Rights campaign.

My visit to the museum was made all the more meaningful following a driving tour entitled “A Tour of Possibilities.” My engaging African-American driver, Jackie, is also an accomplished singer and broke forth with a couple of rousing soul songs as she took me on a 1.5 hour jour-

Graceland, The Home of Elvis Presley: Graceland.com Graceland now has a hotel, The Guest House at Graceland, and an RV Park and campground.

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Notable Restaurants: The Four-Way Soul food.

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You Can Go Far

by Krysta Murray I am usually up for a challenge. I choose the harder fitness classes, I take the tougher modifications, I set lofty goals.

Some challenges though we face in life we don’t choose.

Tough times arrive when we least expect them. Then there are some we know are coming, can’t stop, and can only do our best to prepare for them such as a move, a deployment, an exam, a job interview, etc.

Last January I set some some goals for myself that, at the time, I couldn’t be sure I’d actually achieve. Instead of setting these goals with hard and fast deadlines though, as most resolutions tend to be, I gave myself grace. In doing so, I think this set myself up for the most success in obtaining forward progress toward them if not crushing them entirely.

I think everyone was ready for 2020 to end by the close of that hectic year. It was a year of unexpected challenges and obstacles. The pandemic caused enormous stress; changes to plans, and major modifications to our lives. People lost jobs, money, travel plans, school. Many lost loved ones, feared for our health and that of those we cared for. There was a lot of hope for coming to the other side of it all. While 2021 did make progress and life got back to somewhat normal for most, it was ultimately changed forever in some ways too.

That was a tough thing to accept, but once I no longer spent energy denying it or resisting that truth I could begin to adjust to it. I’m sure most of us didn’t anticipate that going

Above: I had completed physical therapy and had been gaining strength in my knee. This was the first hike I did, on a mountain in Mammoth Lakes.

into 2022 we’d still be facing so many challenges and unknowns,

find my peace and happiness. I feel like my best self after a workout.

but here we are.

Starting back where I did though, it was a struggle. I was weak. I

Going into this new year, I am approaching it the same way I

tired quickly and the simplest session felt so difficult. The thing is,

approached 2021. Because overall, personally reflecting back on it, 2021

I was never going to get to where I wanted to be without taking it

was a success for me. Last year, I was two months post-op from a knee

one step, one pedal stroke, at a time. A day at a time, a mile at a time,

surgery. I was using the extra time I had at the time to workout and

increment by increment. I was to be a bridesmaid in a wedding that

was doing well but in an instant I had a setback. I tore a ligament that

summer and I was determined to walk down that aisle in some dressy

required surgery. I had never gone through such an extensive recovery

heels and be by my friend’s side. I was motivated to keep up with my

like that. I couldn’t bend my leg after! I did months of physical therapy.

very active son, to travel again and go on hikes. To go far, even if it

Once I could get a full pedal stroke, I began cycling on an exercise bike.

was one step at a time.

I wanted to get back to being physically active because fitness is where I

Sure enough, this month I hit 52 weeks of workouts. I haven’t

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missed a single week. Days, yes, I missed days.

Because I listened to my body and took rest days as needed. I allowed myself time to heal to get where I wanted to be and if I hadn’t, I think I’d have just given up. Which is why I think most of my past resolutions never lasted.

I had also told myself I was finally going to write a book. I started reading craft books on fiction writing. I signed up for a workshop and also sought out a supportive community of like-minded others for support. Guess what? I didn’t complete my novel. But I completed that course. I now have others that cheer me on and I meet with regularly and I am twenty thousand words in on my first draft. Before that, I had zero words. Just like when I was in a brace and on crutches I had a zero week streak of workouts.

This upcoming year I have decided to keep most of the same goals, advancing on my progress so far. Putting too much pressure on ourselves can lead us to feel overwhelmed.

Stop being so hard on yourself ! We have been through a lot as it is and nobody else can do it for you. Only you can really get to where you want to be and tap into that potential to be our best selves. So be realistic; allow yourself grace and celebrate the small victories. If you want to eat healthier, maybe don’t try a crash diet, but instead look how you can cut one unhealthy thing at a time, or add in more of the healthy foods, a little at a time. If you want to exercise more, two days a week is more than none. Over time, add in a third day when you’re ready. According to a study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, it takes 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit. That’s nearly 3 weeks to nearly three quarters of a year depending on what it is. If you want to try a new hobby, join a group also interested in the same thing. Take a class, read a book on it, practice. But don’t go into it thinking you’ll be perfect right away and then give up when you aren’t. I have to tell my son

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this all the time when he tries new things.

courageous and try and put myself out there.

I have some of those known

He expects to be good at something new

I have to fail sometimes and keep trying

challenges coming up this year. A

immediately and if he isn’t he wants to quit

anyway. It takes dedication, discipline and

deploying spouse and an impending

and is so hard on himself. I have realized

hard work to achieve goals that at one point

move across the country at the end

I have to lead by example. I have to be

seemed like they’d be impossible.

of the year. A book to write. That exercise streak to continue. I want to be more charitable and to learn a second language. I want to actually send out holidays cards one of these years! There will also be unexpected obstacles. Things I can’t plan for. If I try to look at it as 365 days I immediately get overwhelmed. But if I take it one day at a time, and go in knowing some of those days are going to be a struggle, some of those days may not go as I hope, and that it is okay to be human and have imperfections, I can see those goals as possibilities. Progress is progress, no matter how little it might be.

If you too, are facing some challenges this year, or you have goals you’re after, give yourself grace. They are possible but we don’t need things to happen all at once. There will be unexpected obstacles. We do not have to let them deter us entirely. Sometimes we just have to pick ourselves back up and assess how to proceed.

Anything worth having is worth fighting for. Your effort, your hard work will pay off and get you closer to accomplishing those goals. Give yourself the courtesy to get there.

Instead of seeing challenges as something detrimental to success, we have to see it as a tool for success because we learn from mistakes, we grow from challenges as we adapt and get stronger to overcome.

I wish you all a happy new year and peace upon you.

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What’s Always in Season?

Why the Sandwich, of course!

The sandwich is the perfect food.

It can travel easily, it can be cold (like tunafish) or hot (like a meatball sub). The beauty of the sandwich is simplicity of preparation and the incredible variety of ingredients. And they are perfect for using up leftovers!

The sandwich is attributed to John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, who asked his cook for meat between two slices of bread so that he could eat and still play at the card table. He often requested this meal frequently and others followed suit. However, Montagu most likely came up with the idea

from his travels to Turkey and Greece where it was common to place meats, cheeses and dips between layers of bread. While all of this transpired well before the Revolutionary War, the first mention of a “sandwich” didn’t happen in the U.S. until the early 1800s. The sandwich really took off in the U.S. when evenly sliced bread became a thing in the 1920s and bakeries began to sell pre-sliced bread.

Many specific sandwiches came about by circumstance. A sandwich shop in New Orleans during the Great Depression promised themselves to

feed any hungry street car worker who was on strike. “Here comes another po’ boy,” and the name stuck. Grilled cheese sandwiches were around for many years under the guise of “toasted cheese” or “melted cheese” sandwiches. The Reuben sandwich came about first in Omaha, Nebraska, and was named after a participant in a poker game. Sloppy Joe’s were created and named by a short order cook named Joe. The French Dip was born in L.A., when Phillippe Mathieu mistakenly dropped a roast beef sandwich on a roll into a roasting pan filled with au jus; the customer returned the next day with friends to request the dipped sandwich again.

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Bay Books Book Club Corner What books people are reading…

Never

The Stranger in the Lifeboat

By Ken Follett “Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn’t get fixed,” says the U.S. President, in Follett’s new contemporary story. The President, a young intelligence office, and undercover spy working with jihadists, and a Chinese spymaster all work to avoid another world war in an action-packed thriller filled with heroes and villains, false prophets, warriors, politicians and revolutionaries.

By Mitch Albom Albom’s new book ponders the question “What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared?” The story is set on a raft on the ocean, with 10 people struggling to survive. After many prayers for God to save them, they come across and rescue a man floating on the waves who claims to be God. Many plot twists and turns keep the reader guessing… Maybe answered prayers come where you least expect them.

The Real Anthony Fauci

Ageless - The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old

By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. This is an in depth look at the man who runs the head of the the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and how he came to this influential job. It looks back at Fauci’s earlier partnerships with pharma leading to his decisions with AIDS in the 1980s. It goes on to explore his cultivation of ties with Big Pharma, Bill Gates, and the media in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

By Andrew Steele “Ageless” gives the reader an understanding of the process of aging, and focuses on the cutting-edge research being done and its current outcomes on DNA, mitochondria, stem cells, immune systems and longevity genes of animals to increase their life spans. While it suggests that answers may soon come, Steele, a PhD physicist and computational biologist, offers practical ways we can slow down our aging process until then.

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Clean Home, Happy Living

By Susie Clifford Sometimes the quiet of January can have us looking around our home. Are there paper piles, cluttered countertops, bulging closets?

Is this a place that brings you peace when you return from work or school?

If this is not the case, consider this: clutter can cause stress and anxiety. The extra stimuli can bombard our minds, signal that our work is never done and take our focus away from where it should be.

If your home is not a place where you look forward to unwinding, maybe it’s time to try to tackle some of the reasons why that is. Maybe it’s time to treat your home as if you were the guest.

The idea of cleaning up spaces can be overwhelming. Start small. Here are some simple steps to help get you going and keep you going.

• Decide where to start and begin in one room. Empty a shelf or a drawer, clean it and decide if anything should be donated or discarded. Organize and replace items. Move on to the next drawer or shelf, eventually making your way around the whole room. If only one or two locations are tidied due to lack of time, you should congratulate yourself and return to the next job the next day. Every time you go back to that cleaned out and organized drawer, you will find a sense of pleasure when you see everything in its place.

• When it comes to your food pantry, take everything out, clean the pantry and take stock of what you have. If it has expired, throw it away. Otherwise, return to the panty, but make a meal list based on the items you have on hand. This way you can guarantee your canned and boxed goods are used.

• For pantries, cabinets and closets, look for easy storage solutions.

There are a variety of clever ways of storing items vertically and horizontally. Storing all hair products, for instance, in one easy-to-move box or bin is a great way to always know where

• If you use something, put it back, immediately. This can take practice, but it really makes a difference. You will also always know where to find it. This practice also works with dishes. Put used dishes in the dishwasher or hand wash and put away as soon as you’re done with them, rather than piling them in the sink or on the counter.

• Make your bed everyday. Grandma was right, if the bed is made, the whole room looks a thousand times better.

everything is.

• Create a drop zone when you enter your home. Do your keys always go on a hook or a dish? Find a spot for your sunglasses or hat when you come in. Maybe add a basket for mail. Make this spot organized and tidy, one you are happy to use.

• Speaking of mail, discard or recycle all unwanted mail everyday.

If you’re really good, you’ll only touch your mail once, but like many of us, we may not get to it right away. The basket is a good

• Weekly, or monthly, donate three things (or discard). Start a

idea if you need to go back to it when you have time.

donate bag and keep it close by so when you find something you are willing to part with, it automatically goes into the donate bag.

There are many more ideas out there to help you get organized.

• Look at your counter space; try for a minimalist look. The more that sits on the counter, the more cluttered it can look. Decide

Once you get started, even in the smallest of way, you will enjoy the beauty of uncluttered space.

what needs to stay and donate or discard the rest. Some items might be better housed inside a cabinet or drawer.

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Financial Considerations During a Divorce Presented by Chaz Fahrner, CFP®, EA Wealth Advisor, Gensler Group

No matter whether your divorce is amicable or contentious, it can have a profound impact on your finances.

There are myriad rules and regulations to consider; here are some of the most significant ones and how they could impact your assets.

Who Gets What No matter where you reside, generally, any

Community property states such as Cali-

assets or property that you acquired while

fornia typically divide debt equally between

married will be divided when you divorce.

spouses, no matter whether it was from an

sure that you review it (and if you don’t have

individual or joint account.

one, work with an estate planning attorney

There are a few exceptions: for instance,

Estate Planning If you have already drafted a will, make

to draw one up). The attorney will work

if you inherited assets or received gifts in-

You should close all joint accounts post-

dividually, the division rule may not apply.

divorce, to avoid being responsible for debts

Additionally, you may be able to keep the

that your spouse incurs. Once the divorce

assets and property that you acquired before

is finalized, have them reclassified as indi-

you got married.

vidual accounts by your creditors.

within your state’s estate laws to distribute your assets properly.

Review your beneficiary designations for any pensions, 401(k)s, and insurance policies. Note that a spouse is required under

However, your state law will set out how

If you and your spouse have a mortgage for

to divide your assets and property, and it

federal law to be the sole beneficiary of pen-

a home that has appreciated in value, con-

will follow one of two routes: common law

sion and 401(k) benefits unless that spouse

sider selling it before the divorce is finalized,

property states, where a judge has discretion

waives such rights.

as the IRS allows you to take advantage of

to listen to individual circumstances before

$500,000 in realized capital gains if you are

dividing assets and property, or community

With so much at stake financially as you

a married taxpayer an amount that is cut in

property states, where the courts generally

proceed through a divorce, don’t go it alone.

half for single filers. We recommend con-

divide assets and property acquired during

It’s best to work with an attorney or financial

sulting a tax advisor to navigate these rules.

professional who specializes in the process to

the marriage equally.

Retirement Assets California, (along with Alaska, Arizona,

help protect your assets to the greatest extent possible.

If you or your spouse has money in a

Idaho, Luisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Tex-

401(k) or pension plan, it may also be di-

as, Washigton and Wisconsin), are all com-

This material is for general information only

vided during a divorce. You can seek a share

munity property states.

and is not intended to provide specific advice or

of your spouse’s 401(k) or pension plan ben-

recommendations for any individual.

efit if you obtain a Qualified Domestic Rela-

What About Debt

tions Order (QDRO) and present it to your

Debt survives a divorce, and states differ as

Chaz Fahrner is a Registered Representative

spouse’s plan sponsor before distributions

with, and securities are offered through LPL

have been completed.

Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory

to how they allocate which spouse is responsible for which debt.

services offered through The Gensler Group, a If your efforts are successful, you may de-

Common law states assign debt acquired

cide to roll them over into an IRA to defer

in individual accounts to the account hold-

taxes. Discuss this option with a financial

er, while debt in joint accounts is generally

professional who is familiar with the divorce

treated the same way as assets and property.

process.

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the final word Coronadans share their thoughts on

FORGIVENESS

A story I often share at weddings deals with forgiveness as a key to enduring marriages. The story is of a journalist who was doing research for an article about marriages that last. The journalist decided to interview couples who had been married 50 years or longer to see what had worked for these couples. One woman told the journalist that on her wedding night she decided that she was going to write a list of 10 things that she would automatically forgive if her husband ever did them. This woman said that her list was the key to her long marriage. When the journalist asked the woman if she would share her list, the woman smiled sheepishly and said, “You know, I never actually got around to writing the list. But whenever my husband did something that upset me I would say to myself, ‘Boy! He is lucky that what he did is on my list, and I would forgive him automatically.’”

In “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” the author Robert Fulghum writes essays on simple wisdoms that we should all follow.

One of these wisdoms is “Say You’re Sorry When You Hurt Someone.” I teach this lesson daily to my students and what I find is that forgiveness always follows.

Children don’t hold grudges. In fact, once the words “I’m sorry” are said, children immediately let go of any anger or bitterness. They smile, hug it out and resume play.

Adults don’t always move on as quickly as children do. More time is often needed to reflect on a situation before the slate can be wiped clean.

But I think we can all agree that practicing forgiveness gives us inner peace. It is good for the body, heart and soul. In 2022, I am going to try to forgive myself and those around me more.

Happy New Year!

The season of joy and happiness, which is swiftly followed by the new year, invites reflection. It encourages consideration of our well-being, our goals and the relationships around us. And it calls us to take stock in our broader community role.

We live in a time of remarkable challenge, where sometimes comity can take a back seat and uncertainty seems to be certain. But one powerful reset tool is forgiveness. It is one of the greatest strengths we have in interpersonal relationships and costs us nothing.

Forgiveness – it’s easy to receive but often incredibly difficult to give. It takes significant energy to keep lit a flame of anger, no matter how low it burns. Releasing the anger releases one from the burden of carrying it.

These final days of the year present a natural opportunity think about what is worth carrying into the new year. Forgiveness for our friends, neighbors and loved ones – seems like a great way to start.

Forgiveness Daily, each of us finds him or herself in a position to both bestow as well as seek forgiveness. Reflect on that for a moment.

Then on this: universal and timeless, forgiveness is first and foremost an act of kindness.

Too often we lose sight of the restorative power of forgiving… forgiving our enemies, our friends, even ourselves. Forgiveness requires acknowledging bias and then striving to attrit it.

Candor, tolerance, perseverance, and above all personal commitment are all necessary to succeed. So, too, the wisdom to “judge not, lest ye be judged.”

Matthew: 7.1 We’ve all been there.

Forgiveness is far easier to describe than to muster. But as with all acts of kindness, it is also its own reward.

Advice to self: “Judge less, listen more, be kind to others and yourself, forgive.” Can’t think of a better mantra for the new year and beyond.

Forgiveness is a precious gift. While forgiveness is often thought of as something given away to others, the impact of forgiveness is far greater. Forgiveness heals us from the inside out. Through an active transformational process of choosing to personally shed the emotional and potentially physical impact of difficult burdens experienced in life, we can then chart a course where love, joy and human kindness fill our lives.

Forgiveness may be the most important and precious gift we give to ourselves.

Rev. Robert ‘Robb’ Fuesler Pastor, St. Paul’s UMC

Lisa Kinzel Kindergarten Teacher Silver Strand Elementary

Tina Friend, City Manager, City of Coronado

Dan’l Steward Coronado Resident

Susan Stone, PhD RN FACHE NEA-BC Chief Executive Officer Sharp Coronado Hospital

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