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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.

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

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We have heard these words before: “Next time I travel, I will remember to (insert word here).” But life gets in the way. We are busy, and we forget.

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.

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

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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.

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

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