I have a terrible sense of direction. In the car or on foot, I can get lost effortlessly unless I'm very familiar with where I am. I'm often amazed how well most people get around. I can always find ...

Have you ever looked at a compass in Santa Barbara, then looked around feeling bewildered? You are in good company. My Dad was a pilot, and so is my son. For myself, I took to the sea rather than to ...

My Dad was a pilot and one time, years ago when he came to Santa Barbara to visit me, we rented a small place from the airport to go enjoy the coastal, ocean and island sights from a bird’s-eye view.

In many articles and captions in the Sentinel there have been inaccurate descriptions of compass directions. In the Feb. 12 edition, Cowell Beach was described as being north of the Santa Cruz ...

Several years ago at a party I met a man who claimed that he navigated London using a compass. Fed up of following directions on his phone, he had bought a handsome, waterproof instrument and fixed it ...

As I mentioned in the last post, I used to have a pathetic sense of direction. I couldn't find my way out of the proverbial paper bag. If I was driving and approached an intersection from an ...

VO: Mr Measure is meant to be clearing out all his old toys for the school jumble sale, but he’s having a trip down memory lane instead. He used to love that book. Ooh, what’s this? Many years ago, ...