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Evenings at the Svanascini home in Palos Heights, Ill., Kathy,

To be free or not to be free, that is the quandary. For those

What do you get when you take 49 stunning, superbly trained horses (11 breeds), that live with gentle love and care, while consuming 17,500 bales of hay, 36,500 pounds of oats and of course 1,750 pounds of carrots annually? Add 120 performers and handlers, a 10-story tall white big top, a specially equipped Boeing 747 (for horse transport), a stage as wide a football field, a stable that spans more than 16,500 square feet and 2,500 tons of sand and you get “Cavalia” – a sensational experience like no other.

I love summertime when the weather calls for relaxing on the patio with friends, sipping a chilled glass of wine and watching families of hummingbirds at the feeder.

I first met Norma Bandy when she moved to Gilroy from Detroit in

GILROY—Alma Gehre’s history with the San Francisco Giants spans nearly a century.