Tag: columns
Plain Talk About Food | The Way We Were
Even though my kids are all-grown-up, nothing pleases me more than hearing them tell me how much they love my cooking, and often they...
The Mountain Gardener | Adding a Dry Creek Bed to Landscape
With so many people replacing their thirsty lawns with low water-use plants, I’m getting lots of requests for ideas about what to do with...
Guest Column | Scotts Valley Parks Await You
The official beginning of summer welcomes warmer weather, longer days and many opportunities to be active. Being outdoors makes us feel good and, as...
TherapyWorks | Navigating Summer
Summer is here. The kids might be looking forward to lazy days, sleeping in and not having to worry about homework, projects or tests,...
The Mountain Gardener | Vines — More Than Just a Pretty...
Vines are beautiful to look at when in bloom or fall color. Fragrant vines can scent the air when you’re sitting outside on the...
Plain Talk About Food | Honor Thy Father…
As a small child and living with my elderly uncle and aunt, I gave little thought to my absent father until it was time...
The Mountain Gardener | Anxiously Awaiting Summer
The calendar says summer starts next Wednesday, June 21, at 7:57am. To say it’s been a strange year weather-wise would be an understatement. I,...
Fitness | Let’s Talk Cardio and Core
How often are you getting in cardio and core training? Let’s start off talking about cardio. When we think of cardio, what comes to...
The Mountain Gardener Celebrates 900 Columns
Well, it’s come to this—my 900th column. Starting way back in October of 2005, my first column appeared in the newly combined San Lorenzo...
Guest Column | Scotts Valley back then
One intersection with traffic lights. No high school. No movie theater. No transit center. One big shopping center. That was Scotts Valley when I...
Scotts Valley roller derby team wins second consecutive national title
Scotts Valley’s Santa Cruz Derby Groms female division team, the Gromshells, claimed their second consecutive Junior Roller Derby Association (JRDA) National Championship on July...
