Gary Horton: We are Alexander Hamilton

Carrie and I experienced the play, “Hamilton” this past weekend. Hamilton is simply the best live production I’ve experienced. Now, I’m no theatre critic; I’m a regular Joe who enjoys

Gary Horton: A great taste of COC

Back when Carrie and I first arrived in our fair town, College of the Canyons was little more than a few concrete buildings in the middle of a dusty field.

Gary Horton: Don’t just ‘Let It Be’

“It’s always something.” Overwhelmed folks will say that, shrugging their shoulders. As if to acknowledge that stuff happens and there’s nothing we can do with it so you might as

Gary Horton: I love you, California

“I Love You, California” – Francis Beatty Silverwood I love you, California, you’re the greatest state of all. I love you in the winter, summer, spring and in the fall.

Gary Horton: Thank you to community of caregivers

Can tragedy turn to opportunity? An unexpected loss into new life insights? To tighter family bonding? Pain into lightness? Suffering, into release? Our family has just been through a gut-wrenching

Gary Horton: Ever need a hospital?

It’s a long ways from Palmdale to Bakersfield and down to Mission Hills. And there’s about 375,000 people in-between, alternately hacking, sneezing, suffering flu, crashing cars, falling off ladders, suffering

Gary Horton: Know and act yourself, fully

We humans are vulnerable creatures. We’re as likely to fall victim to our own foibles and errors as we are to outside influence and force. Our brains are like nitro-glycerin.

Gary Horton: Vote for smart ideas in 25th

“A liberal, a socialist, and a progressive walk into a bar. Caught off guard, the bartender replies, “Wow, I thought you were all the same guy.”” “So, a liberal, a

Gary Horton: Thanks without action is fake

My first Thanksgiving was in 1956. Another year over – and over, and again. I’m getting too old for what I’m seeing at these major milestones. Americans have become a

Gary Horton: Imagine being home again

Envision you and your family somehow having succumbed to homelessness. Imagine living in your car or in an old trailer in a back street, or perhaps in a tent under