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Summer is winding down. It’s still warm during the day but the nights are cool and there’s less and less daylight hours. The soil...

Does trying to be healthy feel so far out of reach? You are busy trying to balance work, family and other responsibilities. As a...

I’d been waiting for the tour of Griggs Wholesale nursery in Watsonville for a while. This company bought Suncrest Nursery last year and has...

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...

“I try to take care and be gentle to them… Once broken, they become impossible to repair.” —Anne Sexton Last week I received an email...

“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...