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With staged propaganda at partisan conventions, both parties hide from federal or Social Security deficits they caused. With local Democratic victory inevitable, consider character...

Psychology Today says, “community provides belonging, support and identity.” Indeed, Santa Cruz County understands the power of community. We have united in the face...

“Ye are the salt of the earth.” —Jesus of Nazareth At the age of 5 years old, I would eat my bowl of oatmeal or...

September is a month that signals change in the garden. You can feel the weather shifting. Days are not always quite so hot and...

“You don’t want to have so much money going toward your mortgage every month that you can’t enjoy life or take care of your...

My house in Bonny Doon burned down on Aug. 19, 2020. I know this because my neighbor sent me a photo the next day...

Like a garden full of spring flowers, tax measures are sprouting up all throughout the county this cycle. And who can blame the cities...

Years ago, a dear friend upgraded me to a Piggy Bank as she was tired of watching me put my nickels and dimes into...

What was I thinking trying to talk a client out of adding grasses to her former lawn area? I gave her all the reasons...

When I think about precious stones, rubies, diamonds and sapphires come to mind. They are known as the “Red, White and Blue” stones in...