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Friday, Dec. 4

Every year, I’m amazed how many flowers appear almost overnight on my Christmas cacti. They bloom their heads off, despite little care on my part. The show will continue for a month or more. They are the perfect plant, in my opinion.

What is Christmas without wine? Wine has been an important part of the Christmas tradition for hundreds of years. Even Jesus himself enjoyed a glass here and there.

Some years ago, my wife, Renae, put our baby daughter in a pack and went to take a walk. But pecking and pooping peacefully upon our lawn was a flock of common domestic fowl whose mortal enemy is a colonel in Kentucky.

• Sami Logan Belville-Powell was born at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17, 2009, to Katie Colleen Belville and Travis Paris Powell of Boulder Creek. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

Felton businesses invite folks to downtown art, sidewalk sale

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

Once upon a time, when our area was under water,

Walking my dog can be arduous exercise. For me, not the dog. Whenever I walk him, I can’t get more than 10 feet without someone wanting to stop and talk.

Recently, I walked into one of our local pharmacies, and I was amazed to see the tremendous number of cold and flu medications filling the shelves.