Volunteer Opportunities, Foster Homes Needed
PETCO-GILROY AND PETSMART-MILPITAS ADOPTION CENTERS - Our two permanent adoption centers are temporary homes for our little waifs as they await their forever homes. We need to staff each with reliable and dedicated volunteers so we know the kitties are well taken care of every day, so we hope you will decide to volunteer there caring for our kitties. If you can donate a few hours a week, we'd love to have your help. Please contact Linda Cunningham at [email protected] if you'd like to help at Petco-Gilroy, or Paula Myers at [email protected] you'd like to help at PetsMart-Milpitas. It's the best and happiest volunteer job you'll ever have, and is one way to love kitties without the full responsibility of actual pet ownership, help kitties without adding to your own household kitty headcount, or fill your kitty void from having an allergic family member! Â
Wounds aplenty, but taking the chainsaw to heritage oaks? Shame
Licking my wounds … not sure which gashes were inflicted by our just-completed home loan refinancing process or which were the result of the 49ers loss Sunday. Both were unnecessarily tortuous. The 49ers should have and could have overcome the bad calls and won the game, but I agree with our Gilroy brethren, former 49er QB Jeff Garcia, who said in a radio interview that the final play fade route throw from Colin Kaepernick to wide receiver Michael Crabtree, which resulted in an interception, was the wrong call for a number of reasons. The throw would have had to have been perfect, said Garcia. Yep, not the smart call or the percentage play, and I appreciate Garcia telling it like it is. He, after all, learned from the best. His father, Bobby, still calls them like he sees them.
When it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be
My parents are a couple of amazing people. Separately, they’re pretty darn awesome; but mix them together and they become a perfectly balanced concoction of strength, compassion and faith - with a dash of insanity. Somehow they just work.
Palestinian refugee found new life, home in Gilroy
I never knew a Palestinian until I met Elias Mitri. He really opened my eyes to a different perspective.
For the big game: Buffalo wings
The big championship football game will take place next weekend. Although the Bay Area does not have a team represented at the game this year, many will still tune in to see the final game of the season. While some watch for the game, others watch for the memorable commercials. For others like me, it will no doubt be the food. This week, I share my recipe for the favorite sports watching food: buffalo wings.
Strong Two Club convention
This time, we will explore a rare - but wonderful - hand holding 22-24 HCP. What this means, is that you, holding as little as one point, could raise your partner to game.
Strong Two Club convention
This time, we will explore a rare - but wonderful - hand holding 22-24 HCP. What this means, is that you, holding as little as one point, could raise your partner to game.
A look at new laws of 2014
As we start the New Year, I thought it might be good time to look at a few of the new laws that could affect the way we do things. The hardworking men and women of our government write, review and pass thousands of laws every year, but we'll focus on a few that could affect our real estate.
‘Silent Sky’: A woman ahead of her time
First of all, please understand this is a play about a real woman who lived and produced amazing information in her male-dominated (keep a woman in her place) field of astronomy in the early 20th century.
Getting Out: Find your path at Calero County Park
The trail map of Calero County Park resembles an interlocking network of loops that allows a hiker to string them together in any number of ways. Any trail you choose will, at some point, present you with the option of continuing on and circling back or starting a new loop that itself will loop 360 degrees back to the same junction. Since our next Mt. Tallac Challenge prep hike is at Calero County Park, I decided to revisit familiar trails as well as walk some new ground.