Tag: opinion
Finance | Child Taxes After Trump Reforms
Now kids will be born with tax deductions and savings checks! Without these, parents save for children after taxes up to 37%. And they...
The Mountain Gardener | Tips for Planting Success This Season
With our gardens coming to life at this time of year, we are hopeful that each plant will achieve its full potential during this...
Strictly Business | Using AI Without Losing Your Human Magic
To my business readership and leadership audience: as AI platforms boost efficiency, how do we ensure we maintain authentic, human-centered leadership rather than becoming...
TherapyWorks | Relationships & Mental Health: Why Connection Matters
When we think about mental health, we often picture stress, anxiety, burnout or life transitions. But one of the most powerful influences on our...
The Mountain Gardener | Allergy Season is Upon Us Once Again
I live on Boulder Creek, where the native red alder is in full bloom. Their catkins release wind-borne pollen, which along with the redwoods...
Finance | Small Corporations in Financial Planning
“I selected an S Corporation to safeguard my personal assets through limited liability protection while enjoying pass-through taxation, allowing business profits to flow directly...
Fitness | Posture Correction with Core Strength
How is your posture and how do you know if you have good or poor posture? To test your posture, you can simply check...
Plain Talk About Food | X’s and O’s
“Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” —Alfre Lord Tennyson
Each day as “Eventide” approaches, I find myself...
The Mountain Gardener | Love is In the Air: Plant Reproduction
One of my favorite classes when I attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo was Plant Taxonomy. On the surface the subject sounds a little...
Guest Viewpoint | Fifth District Focus Enters Second Year
I ran to represent the Fifth District, and that means making sure our mountain communities are heard and that county decisions reflect the realities...
Santa Cruz County earns state fire risk reduction designation
Santa Cruz County has earned statewide recognition through the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire Risk Reduction Community List, a designation that...
