November is long-term-care awareness month, so I thought it appropriate and important to share some thoughts on a subject I’m passionate about: the frequent need for custodial care and how it should be adequately planned for.
Sport fishing for Dungeness crabs started with a bang Nov. 6. Reports of crabs loading the pots were streaming in, followed up with happy stories of fresh steamed crab dinners. Meanwhile, rockfish season is closing, and steelhead fishing in the rivers is just around the corner.
We’ve entered the time of year when cookies, candy and other temptations seem to lurk around every corner. While it is important to partake in the merriment of seasonal treats, you won’t want to begin the New Year scavenging the sale racks for a bigger pant size.
MEXICO — I'm halfway through my trip in Mexico. I started in Tuxtla, the capital of Chiapas, last week and will stop today in Campeche in Yucatan on the Gulf of Mexico. How different are the people, the soils, the climate, the weather and the landscapes of each locale. It's as diverse as going from Bonny Doon to Pasatiempo to Scotts Valley and then to San Lorenzo Valley.
**Róisín Taylor Gill was born to Lila Kai (Mangan) and Marcus Taylor Gill of Boulder Creek at 1:45 p.m. Sept. 7, 2010 . She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.
I'll be vacationing the next week in southern Mexico, traveling east from the state of Chiapas to the Yucatan peninsula. In addition to exploring ruins, waterfalls, cenotes and flamingo breeding grounds, I'll be especially interested in the local plants, which vary from hardwood forests of mahogany and cedar to tropical.
Two bats with rabies have recently been found in a Scotts Valley neighborhood. Is this cause for alarm? Not really, but it calls for a heightened awareness of what rabies is, how it is transmitted and what needs to be done for a known exposure.