Tag: columns
Plain Talk About Food | Hand Pies and More
Hand pies are such an ingenious way to create an individual pie without the problems of serving and the opportunity of various fillings. These...
The Mountain Gardener | The Cutting Garden
The assignment: create a cutting garden. For a designer this is the best kind of request. Until about 100 years ago, one of the...
Finance | What Is Financial Life Planning?
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” —Socrates
I am an evangelist for financial life planning! I preach it, practice it and donate it to...
TherapyWorks | Understanding and Addressing Anxiety in Kids
Children can get anxiety just like adults. Whether it’s adjusting to the changes at school or home, social anxiety, separation anxiety, or generalized anxiety...
The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil
Many years ago I started writing a book about gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One of many interesting subjects I researched was the...
Mayor’s Message | Like a Good Neighbor… Not!
When Scotts Valley City Manager Mali LaGoe suggested hosting a community meeting to address the ongoing wildfire threat and the accompanying insurance crisis, there...
Plain Talk About Memorial Day | Where Have All the Buddy’s...
It was in 1955 when the Kingston Trio first sang “Where Have All the Young Men Gone,” written by Pete Seeger about all the...
Fitness | How Fitness Keeps You Young
Have you seen certain folks that look much older than they are? Their skin looks weathered and dry, their posture is tilted forward sitting...
The Mountain Gardener | What’s Sheet Mulching
Boy, was I impressed. Not long ago I was at a garden to consult with a new client on some upgrades they envisioned for...
Finance | Buckets for Budgeting
1. Financial Planning is budgeting to allocate money that finances dreams.
At age 20, Sam simply cooked the finest barbecue cuisine for Sequoia weddings and...
News Briefs | Published July 11, 2025
‘Veterans’ Voices with VTC’ debuts on Santa Cruz Voice
The Veterans Transition Center (VTC) and Santa Cruz Voice have partnered to launch “Veterans’ Voices with...
