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The first time I heard a mom tell me she felt guilty for taking care of herself, I brushed it off as an outlier.  When it occurred again and again, I realized we had a bigger issue at hand.

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.

• Mia Grace Furnish was born at 8:29 a.m. Feb. 24, 2010, to Kimberlee Diane (Henderson) and David Eric Furnish of Scotts Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

There are many competing paradigms in the world of vino, and one of the most intriguing is whether winemakers should blend their wines together or bottle their wines individually by varietal.

EDITOR,

Weather in December and early January was wet and cold. But rains came to a halt in mid-January with warm days and cold evenings, and the San Lorenzo River flow has decreased below 100 cubic feet per second. The weather pattern is perfect for Northern California rivers that are normally too high and too brown to fish.

Until it happens to your town, this sort of news seems like another distant struggle. When we — residents of Boulder Creek — discovered that a 50-foot cell tower had been proposed smack in the heart of their historic downtown, we were shattered. We are currently in a battle with Verizon over the location of a proposed cell tower. We are asking the county of Santa Cruz to uphold the county code and deny this application. The third hearing is set for 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 at the county building, 701 Ocean Street, 5th floor in Santa Cruz.

Does your back ache? Do you have a headache, toothache or sprained ankle? What medication should you choose for pain relief?