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Reveling in Joy: Gemini Season

June 4, 2024June 9, 2024 slvpost.comastrology0 comment

By Catie Cadge PhD “Callin’ out around the world! Are you ready for a brand-new beat?!” Welcome to June, Santa Cruz stargazers, and what a Gemini season it is at the start of the month! Jupiter, the big, gaseous giant, “King of the gods,” just entered the sign of the twins late last month. So those folks with important degrees… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

New Breeds in the Garden

May 25, 2024June 5, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Josh Reilly Gardeners are always looking for something new. Plant breeders want to stand out from the competition and step away from the past. New hybrids, cultivars, selections, and subspecies are arriving on the market in waves looking for acceptance and new homes. Many new arrivals sport blossoms with new colors and cute names, but are otherwise indistinguishable from… Read More

Column Alison Steele Columns Holidays

Merry Month of May Flower Petal Sachets

May 11, 2024May 25, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Alison Steele The Spring garden is snowing delicate petals of pinks and whites. Bees smother the blue blossoms of rosemary bushes, and the heady scent of French Lilac leaves me daydreaming long past the short moments I typically allow. Heading to the patio for a late morning banjo session I spy the rambling rose loaded with ruby red buds.… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Downsizing and Relocating

May 6, 2024May 25, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

Plus the REALTOR Compensation Update By M.C. Dwyer Selling and then buying another home can feel more daunting as people get older. They often need mortgage advice and tax and estate planning as well as assistance preparing the property for market. Still, surveys show up to 30% of homeowners 62 or over are considering moving! Many in the 60+ group… Read More

Astrology Columns

Taurus Season: Peace and Stability

May 4, 2024May 18, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge, PhD May Day greetings, Santa Cruz stargazers! May opens with Pluto slowing down and turning retrograde at 2°06’ Aquarius on May 2nd. As a counseling astrologer, I often work with clients struggling with the energies of Pluto, when by transit (moving Pluto) meets up with personal planets in a soul’s birth chart. It is never easy. Pluto… Read More

Columns Culture Events

TEDxSanta Cruz Inspires Community Solutions and Solidarity

April 19, 2024May 26, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Haley Sage On Saturday, April 13 the Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College hosted TEDxSanta Cruz, a world-renown symposium featuring 22 local speakers along with musical performances, dance ensembles, food, and more. To say the event was impressive is a vast understatement: TEDxSanta Cruz firmly put Santa Cruz on the map as a place to represent both the spirit of… Read More

Columns History

Ben Lomond’s Senator Harry Hamden

April 14, 2024May 4, 2024 slvpost.comben lomond, history0 comment

By Ronnie Trubek Turn of the 20th century Ben Lomond didn’t offer much in the way of live entertainment so when the 400+ residents learned a minstrel show was to be held in the recently opened Park Hall Theater, anticipation ran high. Locals arrived to “witness the performance given by Senator Harry Hamden and his troupe of amateur minstrels, who… Read More

Columns Columns: Tom Andersen Food & Drink

A Better Butter

April 12, 2024August 23, 2024 slvpost.comfermenter0 comment

By Tom Andersen Fermented butter? Who’d have thought, but yes indeed it is. Nowadays they call it “cultured” butter and it is a premium, but in my grandma’s notebook from 1917 it is called “ripened.” Ripened as opposed to “sweet cream.” She typically cooked and baked with sweet-cream butter because it had a lighter flavor and was usually not salted,… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

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

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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