Tag archives: walls

California Fish and Wildlife Inspect Wall Going Up in San Ysidro Creek
By Sharon Byrne   |   April 11, 2023

A month ago, I questioned in these pages who owns our creeks, because I was getting the runaround from various authorities on who has responsibility to stop: – Pool construction on Hot Springs – Wall building in San Ysidro creek On Tuesday, April 4th, I pulled up to the Ennisbrook trailhead on San Leandro Lane […]

Keep Out! (This does not mean you.)
By Ashleigh Brilliant   |   March 14, 2019

When Robert Frost wrote, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” he was thinking of the difficulty of maintaining barriers. Nature builds much more successful ones, in the form of mountain ranges, oceans, and deserts, which need very little maintenance. Nevertheless, humanity sees every barrier as a challenge. Still, we need borders, to separate […]

The Great American Wall
By Montecito Journal   |   January 1, 2019

A wall is a symbol and embodiment of safety and stability, protection, and endurance. A wall is a boundary, safeguarding an important stronghold. That’s why in Russian and many other cultures women say about their husbands: “It feels with him like I am behind a solid rock wall,” which clearly implies that a woman feels […]