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May Astrology: Healing Division

May 5, 2025May 17, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD May opens with the Moon “out of bounds,” at extreme declination, in Cancer, May 1st and 2nd. International Workers’ Day coincides with the ancient Celtic holiday of Beltane, celebrating the height of spring. We begin with a drive for unconventional and alternative ways of healing division, in tune with a love of family and homeland. The… Read More

Spring Gardening Rituals: Weeding and Tending Soil

April 12, 2025April 18, 2025 slvpost.comgardening

By Josh Reilly I’m Weeding in the Rain, I’m Weeding in the Rain! Watching Spring rainfall is one of the most satisfying, if maddening rituals of gardening. The rhythmic drumming of rain on the roof brings relief and joy, partly because in California drought is the default, water is expensive, and hot, dry conditions can bring real destruction. We hope,… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Different Markets, Different Directions

April 8, 2025April 15, 2025 slvpost.com

By M.C. Dwyer Last month, there were 14 single family home sales in the San Lorenzo Valley – about the same as January, about 8% more than in February 2024. The number of sales is too small to be statistically accurate, but it seems clear prices rose (3% for the month and 13% for the year). Yet, a full 25%… Read More

Astrology Columns

Springtime Blessings and a Cosmic Shift

April 5, 2025April 12, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD Springtime blessings, Santa Cruz stargazers! April begins with Mercury and Venus, still retrograde, lining up with the north node of the Moon in Pisces. It’s as if the universe is saying slow down, reflect and review how best to move ahead and visualize change. Mercury and Venus retrograde ask us to reimagine and reconsider our relationships… Read More

Columns Columns: Tom Andersen Food & Drink

Fermented Cabbage

March 15, 2025March 29, 2025 Thomas Andersen

By Tom Andersen Cabbage is arguably one of the most humble of all the vegetables but with a rich history and some awesome fun facts. Here are a few of them: They have been cultivated for over 4000 years; 1000 years ago they cured baldness (wish I knew what happened to that strain); children, of course, come from a cabbage… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Fire Recovery Gardening

Fire Resistant Planting

March 9, 2025March 14, 2025 slvpost.com

By Josh Reilly It’s been just over four and a half years since the CZU fire. Some folks are back in new homes or will be soon. Many have moved elsewhere and are starting new gardens. So I offer these suggestions, with much respect, to encourage awareness of fire in your new plantings. You already have an almost impossibly complicated… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Real Estate Market News

March 5, 2025March 14, 2025 M.C. Dwyer

By M.C. Dwyer Septic Disclosure Update Santa Cruz County just extended the acceptable timeframe for home sellers’ Septic Point of Sale Disclosure from 6 months to one year. The point of sale requirements include leach field flow tests on their ability to absorb a brief plumbing problem. The new form still allows a seller to transfer repairs to a buyer.… Read More

Astrology Columns

Manifesting Skills and Letting Yourself Shine: A Spring Forecast

March 2, 2025March 9, 2025 slvpost.com

By Catie Cadge PhD Spring is upon us, Santa Cruz stargazers! March 20th, the Sun enters Aries at 2:01 am Pacific time. Happy equinox! I always love how the air smells when the world starts to bloom again. “Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free!” We can all look forward to longer days and the warmth of the… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Cranberry Pistachio Dark Chocolate Bark

February 20, 2025March 2, 2025 Robin Horn

By Robin Horn It’s Bark!! And according to Kaiser, my health care provider, it’s “food for health.” They’re the experts, right? They offered a version of this healthy-ish treat on their website recently. I tweaked the recipe, by simplifying the process and upping the proportion of chocolate. While it’s not entirely keto-friendly, it is vegan and gluten-free. So it’s a… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

February Gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains

February 9, 2025February 18, 2025 slvpost.com

By Josh Reilly It’s February and garden columnists, gurus and boosters are telling us it’s no time to slow down. We are to plan vigorously, catalog our successes and failures, take photos of our gardens and mark them up with colored ink markers (as you might, when willing a hurricane to go where you want, rather than where it’s going). We’re… Read More