Serra arrived in California in 1779, founding the San Diego Mission where the state’s first grapes were grown to make sacramental wine mostly for the Eucharist, and for medicinal purposes.

In 1992 the third issue of Carmel’s paper “Freedom Of Speech”, as part of the town’s 75th anniversary published an article about a 1936 WPA Local History Project that interviewed

There is something more than enchanting about the sands of Carmel Beach, the sound of the breeze in the cypress boughs, and the cold currents in the bay. That undefinable

Anti Catholic efforts of the KKK and other groups here on California’s Central Coast intentionally misrepresent Blessed Serra as well as the native families he knew. These efforts peaked in

Anne Martin, an internationally respected suffragette and the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate was lured to Carmel in 1921 by Mary Austin, a local poet and playwright

The Jim Baker trial was a thoroughly entertaining media extravaganza that rivaled the most sensational trial in Los Angeles in the Roaring Twenties. The plight of 35-year-old Aimee McPherson, America’s

Neural functions in the brain reflected in how coastal Esselen tribes communicated. In the  COGLIN  work of Prof. George Lakoff (UCB). Prof. Ivan Strang (Stanford) and Prof Paul Ekman (UCSF; expert

Beauty can take so many forms in the human face, features that one doesnt see everyday on TV & films. A woman’s face can communicate expressions that can’t just be

The serene majesty of our coast was elegantly captured in the paintings of Mary DeNeal Morgan and Helen Smith. Especially enchanting are their depictions of Carmel’s summer fog as it

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) and other writers of the “Beat Movement” were drawn to Buddhist Teachings. Kerouac’s novels and essays often refer to his Catholic upbringing, his faith in the existence