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It began on one of those sunny but cold, wintry mornings during the week of Christmas in Watsonville many years ago.

Holden Turner Spielvogel, son of Andrea Marley and Jonathan Robert Spielvogel of Scotts Valley, was born at 7 a.m. Nov. 11, 2012. He weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces when he arrived at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

Warm days, rainy days, short days, cold days — they’re all in the fall here in the Santa Cruz mountains.

Normally, I write about other people’s lives, but this time I’ve been asked to share a little of my story.

It is estimated that about a third of our population suffers from some form of insomnia. For some, it is severe and chronic, and for others it is mild and due to obvious factors, such as pain, illness, anxiety or recent travel.

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday.

San Lorenzo Valley residents Carly Dennis and Patrick Kelly were married Aug. 31, 2012, at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Gilroy.

Seraphina Skye Avila Saiterwas born at 12:51 a.m. Oct. 29, 2012, to Isabel Victoria and Sean Michael Avila Saiter, PhD., of Ben Lomond. Seraphina weighed 6 pounds at birth at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz.

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

Gardens are for people and the pets they love.