Tag: columns
The Mountain Gardener | Great Flowers for Year-Round Bouquets
Want to be able to walk outside and pick some flowers to take to a friend’s house or bring inside to enjoy yourself? Not...
Plain Talk About Food | The Fifth Commandment: ‘Honor Thy Father...
This Father’s Day I have no plans to be cooking for a crowd. I am taking the weekend off. However, I have included a...
Guest Column | Keynote Speech to the Scotts Valley High School...
As a long-time substitute teacher, Tutoring Club business co-owner and Rotarian in Scotts Valley, I was invited by the Scotts Valley High School graduating...
Finance | Day Trading: A Base Jumper’s Investment Philosophy
“ successful trader really is a social psychologist armed with a computer and trading software.” —Andrew Aziz
Like the base jumper, you daringly take grand...
The Mountain Gardener | A Day in an Enchanted Garden
I’ve visited this garden in Bonny Doon many times, including when my friend Kate was part of the Valley Churches Garden Tour back in...
Scotts Valley School Bell | Gratitude and Advancement
Summer is finally here! At the end of May, many students were excited to finish their school year. Particularly excited were the fifth graders,...
The Mountain Gardener | All About Ceanothus
When the huge numbers of California Tortoiseshell butterflies showed up around here recently, I learned a lot about the different species of ceanothus and...
Plain Talk About Food | It’s Giving ‘Mmm, Mmm Good’
“Mmm, Mmm good. Mmm, Mmm good; That’s what Campbell's soups are, Mmm, Mmm good.”
Last week while shopping for groceries, I reached for a few...
Finance | Social Security in Your Financial Plan
“We can never insure one hundred percent of the population against one hundred percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life, but we have...
The Mountain Gardener | Butterflies Galore
Recently we were visited by hundreds of butterflies. One made it into the house as they fluttered around me when I opened the screen...
News Briefs | Published June 19, 2026
Candidate forums planned ahead of November election
Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Department and local city clerks are inviting residents interested in running for office in...
