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Nesting Isn’t Just for the Birds!

April 10, 2024April 20, 2024 slvpost.comreal estate0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer Like the instinct that drives birds to nest each spring, many people feel some kind of internal drive kicking in this time of year, and the housing market is shaking off the cold of winter and coming back to life. Despite an average sales price of $2,000,000 (!), the pace of Santa Clara County home sales was… Read More

seedlings vegetable starts for the spring garden

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

Spring and a Fresh Start in the Garden

April 7, 2024April 12, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Josh Reilly The Spring Equinox was a major garden holy day and worth a bit of reflection. On March 19, the hours of daylight equaled the hours of night. The path of the sun crossed the Earth’s equator and now for the next 6 months it will spend more time above than below the horizon. I attribute no special,… Read More

Astrology Columns

Aries Season: Spring Forward

April 4, 2024April 10, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge PhD Aries season is in full swing start of April, Santa Cruz stargazers. We need courage to dive into what supports our own “enlightened selfishness.” Sometimes it is ok to claim your own path forward. I love the Grateful Dead lyric, “Gone are the days we stopped to decide where we should go, we just ride.” Be… Read More

Column Alison Steele Columns Food & Drink

Brine cured Olives packed in Herbs and Oil

March 17, 2024April 3, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Alison Steele The first time I tasted home-cured olives was with California farmer gal Towhee Nelson. She dropped by with a jar of shiny black orbs, soaking in oil and and her farm grown flavors, harvested from the hand-tilled earth of Camp Joy Gardens. Anyone who has ever attended the annual Spring Plant Sale or the infamous Wreath Sale… Read More

Columns Gardening

Time, Bath Salts, Coffee Grounds, and Roses

March 16, 2024March 30, 2024 slvpost.comspring gardening0 comment

By Josh Reilly I have always imagined time as a sort of vertical ellipse, slowing down as it passes through Winter, then accelerating through Spring and rocketing through Summer in a blinding flash. Then, as October arrives, it seems to coast on inertia alone until that is almost exhausted, just as Winter ends and the cycle begins again. Nature is… Read More

Columns Music

The Santa Cruz Mountains Welcome Peter Rowan

March 15, 2024March 25, 2024 Julie HornerBrookdale Bluegrass Festival, live music, Peter Rowan0 comment

Bluegrass Music Hall of Famer Plays the Brookdale Lodge By Julie Horner Bill Monroe once observed that bluegrass music has its roots in Celtic music; that lilt is in the heart of the songs and in the sounds of the fiddle, the mandolin, and the guitar. He called the commonality between the two genres “the ancient tones.” Over St. Patrick’s… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Navigating the Real Estate Market

March 9, 2024March 17, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer Although 30 year mortgage rates were in the mid to upper 6s in January, rates rose back to around 7% in February. Historically, 8% mortgage rates were not unusual, but home buyers got spoiled by the extraordinarily low mortgage rates available during the pandemic. Industry experts are betting that the Federal Reserve will lower their rates later… Read More

Column Alison Steele Columns Health

Corn Flower Face Mask

March 3, 2024March 14, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Alison Steele Self-care is the new buzzword. Without caring for ourselves, it’s nearly impossible to care for the folks around us. Self-care is time taken, time out, no matter how little, on a daily basis to give our nervous systems a breather and reconnect with our true selves. I love getting older. All the know-how piles up and suddenly… Read More

Astrology Columns

Pisces Season

March 2, 2024March 9, 2024 slvpost.comastrology0 comment

By Catie Cadge PhD March begins in Pisces season with a New Moon at 20°17’ in the sign of the fishes on March 10th at 1:00 am Pacific time. The Sun and Moon create a supportive aspect to the revolutionary and rebel planet Uranus in Taurus. Uranus is asking us to question our values and wake up to what it… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

Pruning & Soil Tips

February 19, 2024March 6, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Josh Reilly It’s February. We are at the Winter apogee, the balance point, after which time begins its vertiginous plunge toward Summer. The momentum of last Summer is gone, the rush of Spring hasn’t begun. Time seems suspended. In other, less lofty, romantic words, I don’t really know what to do with myself in the garden. Everything that was… Read More