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Recently, the Friends commissioned a mural to further enhance the library's patio and chose Bruce Harman, a professional artist located in Santa Cruz who has created murals in and around the county.

We humans used to be mostly foragers and obtained our nutrition before the end of the last ice age by being hunter-gatherers.

I've barely finished eating leftover turkey a dozen different ways, and already I find myself thinking of all things Christmas.

If you read my column regularly or even once in a while you’ve probably heard me lament about the difficult growing conditions here in my garden. Between the sandy soil, 5 hours of intense sun but for only 6 months of the year, gophers, squirrels, moles, deer and chipmunks I’m happy if any plant thrives. So it is with pleasure that I report to you the small successes I’ve had lately and maybe give you hope that you might also grow plants that provide some color and fragrance in your garden along with attracting hummingbirds, songbirds, bees and butterflies.

To call Scotts Valley High School senior Megan Gurer wise beyond her years would be doing her an injustice. She’s taken advanced studies into a realm that most 17-year-olds can only dream about.