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To appease clientele dining in a restaurant while waiting for their food to be served, a basket of bread or rolls along with a dish of cubes of butter is generally brought to the table. If you are in an Italian restaurant, often you...

“If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing the worst is behind you.” —Mark Twain The year was 1972 when a friend drove me to the small town of...

The City of Scotts Valley is lucky to have many generous individuals and organizations supporting the City so that more services and amenities are available to the community. This article highlights a few of the wonderful actions recently taken by local residents to make...

I’m so proud of myself. I write about all the important things to do in the early spring garden but often I don’t get to them myself. Seems there’s that book I’m reading or birding, hiking or wildflower walks that take priority. But this...

This month, the voters of the Scotts Valley Fire District will be asked whether to invest $22.2 million into a new fire station and multipurpose administration/disaster support building to improve community safety. The District currently operates out of two fire stations: the 22-year-old Glenwood...

After a lovely, mild spring, summer weather arrived with a vengeance. My poor plants were thinking they lived in England and then were rudely awakened and reminded that they actually live inland and away from the influence of the cool coast. My watering schedule...

When you think of working out, what comes to mind? Going to a gym perhaps? Which is a common thought right, but going to the gym isn’t the only option to get a great training session in. You don’t always need fancy equipment that...

Even though my kids are all-grown-up, nothing pleases me more than hearing them tell me how much they love my cooking, and often they will comment on the food they are eating, food that tastes “just like Grandma used to make.” Grandma Anna, my mother-in-law,...

Taking my traveling shoes down from the top shelf of my closet, I was surprised to find almost two years of dust had collected on their shiny beaded tops. These shoes have walked me through airport, ship and train terminals for almost 10 years....

Nature is amazing. No matter how heavy the rain or gusty the wind, flowering trees and shrubs haven’t missed putting on their much-awaited spring show. The nectar these flowers provide for bees and other insects is indispensable for nesting birds and the human spirit....