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The Mountain Gardener | How to Garden in Clay Soil

September 11, 2026

Finance | Recovery from Nixonomics

Fitness | Optimizing Reaction Time

The Mountain Gardener | September in the Garden

Plain Talk About Food | Fall, the Season of Sauerkraut

Plain Talk About Food | My Wonky Cart

June 20, 2024

Just when I was in a hurry, I made the mistake of choosing the grocery cart with the “wonky” wheel. Sometime ago, CNN did...

The Mountain Gardener | Butterflies in the Garden

June 20, 2024

Recently we were visited by hundreds of butterflies. I had over 20 drinking from the small puddle near my front door. One made it...

Finance | Financial Life Planning and Homelessness

June 14, 2024

“171,000 people experience homelessness daily. California is home to… 30% of the nation’s homeless population, and half the nation’s unsheltered population.” —Kushel, Moore, et...

The Mountain Gardener | Watering Tips for Hot Weather

June 13, 2024

After a lovely, mild spring, summer weather arrived with a vengeance. My poor plants were thinking they lived in England and then were rudely...

Strictly Business | Imagine

June 7, 2024

Last month, I wrote about the fast fashion industry. Unfortunately, typos happen, but one typo can change the context of an entire story and...

Plain Talk About Food | Hand Pies and More

June 6, 2024

Hand pies are such an ingenious way to create an individual pie without the problems of serving and the opportunity of various fillings. These...

The Mountain Gardener | The Cutting Garden

June 6, 2024

The assignment: create a cutting garden. For a designer this is the best kind of request. Until about 100 years ago, one of the...

Finance | What Is Financial Life Planning?

May 31, 2024

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” —Socrates I am an evangelist for financial life planning! I preach it, practice it and donate it to...

TherapyWorks | Understanding and Addressing Anxiety in Kids

May 30, 2024

Children can get anxiety just like adults. Whether it’s adjusting to the changes at school or home, social anxiety, separation anxiety, or generalized anxiety...

The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil

May 30, 2024

Many years ago I started writing a book about gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One of many interesting subjects I researched was the...

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The Mountain Gardener | How to Garden in Clay Soil

Finance | Recovery from Nixonomics

Fitness | Optimizing Reaction Time

The Mountain Gardener | September in the Garden

Plain Talk About Food | Fall, the Season of Sauerkraut

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