Tag: columns
Plain Talk About Food | Oh Them Apples!
It was many years ago…I believe it would have been in late September, when Sister Agnes Marie corralled me, telling me to put on...
The Mountain Gardener | Japanese Maples in the Fall
I’m starting to see the beginning of fall color on some trees. It’s an exciting time of year. My friend, Kate, in Bonny Doon...
Guest Column | New Police Officers Join Scotts Valley
Scotts Valley works hard to maintain a full complement of community-oriented police officers. This article introduces recently hired Police Officers Seavana Patzke and Vitani...
Fitness | Fitness Helps Seasonal Depression
It’s that time again: The days get shorter with daylight savings, and poor weather conditions start to arrive.
This is where seasonal affective disorder takes...
The Mountain Gardener | Plant News You Can Use
A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye: Hot weather cherries, drought resistant melons and six other crops that are being...
Plain Talk About Food | The ‘Mysterious’ Lentil
Having been raised by an order of nuns from France, eating lentils was as commonplace as eating potatoes for me, both as a child...
The Mountain Gardener | Plant Combinations That Inspire
You know it when you see it. That combination of plants that cry out “we get along.” Because it’s fall already after a way-too-short...
Guest Column | My Cardboard Box
The Next-Door Neighborhood website, daily, has someone asking for cardboard moving boxes or having used moving boxes to give away. I smile reading those...
TherapyWorks | The Importances of Suicide Prevention and Awareness
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were almost 50,000 suicide deaths in the...
The Mountain Gardener | How to Improve Your Garden
The cry for help came from a new homeowner. She loves her lovely new home but feels everything in the garden is in the...
News Briefs | Published Nov. 14, 2025
County hosts forums to shape future behavioral health services
Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Services is hosting community forums to help shape the County’s First...
