Tag: columns

Every year when the Pantone Color of the Year is announced, I write a column about all the great plants that echo that color....

Reaching for a box of golden raisins for my persimmon puddings in Ben Lomond market the other day, I smiled, remembering the little box...

“In the world of finance, the best accounting is like poetry—precise, impactful and timeless.” —Daniel Adams Every New Year, calculate your present resources, income, expenditures...

I’ve been on this planet for quite a few years now, so why is it always hard for me to get my head around...

During the past 12 years, as your Fifth District Supervisor covering Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley, it has been my honor to...

As the calendar year comes to a close, many of us instinctively turn to goal-setting and resolutions for the year ahead. But before you...

’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the garden, The creatures were stirring, the deer got a pardon.  The hummingbird feeders were hung by the...

The one Christmas that stands out in my “memory bank” is the one that I forgot to put my bowl of cranberry sauce that...

The most generous country on earth hasn’t sacrificed Christmas, and the Association of Religious Data archives reports that roughly 32% of Santa Cruz County...

Every year as I get down the Christmas decorations I think about past holidays with friends and family. Who was that well-fed baby in...