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It started last summer. I began to get the tiniest inkling that perhaps I was not as organized a person as I thought I was when my sister opened up the guest bath cabinet and said, “You know you fold your towels wrong, don't you?”

When one thinks of Monterey – Cannery Row, The Monterey Bay Aquarium, Steinbeck, Big Sur and Pebble Beach are the mental pictures that flash in the mind, unless you are a wine lover. Surprise! Well, you don’t have to be a wine lover to enjoy the magnificent wineries that snuggle into the hills of stunning Monterey County.

Investors sometimes may get frustrated with their investments because those investments don’t seem to produce quick results. Perhaps that’s understandable in our fast-paced society, in which we’ve grown accustomed to instant gratification. But investing is, by nature, a long-term activity. If you look at it in terms of an athletic event, it’s not a sprint, in which you must pull out all the stops to quickly get where you’re going. Instead, it’s more like the 26.2-mile race known as a marathon.

Gilroy Little League will host its final walk-in registration of the season from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Stubby’s Sports Bar and Grill. Online registration runs through Jan. 15.

Every year about this time, I write a list of New Year’s resolutions. It’s the usual stuff: Work out three times a week, cut back on coffee and alcohol, floss daily, relearn Spanish, watch less television, etc. I then put the list in the drawer of my bedside table, where it remains until I take it out a year later and laugh at my lack of progress.

Resumes may not be dead yet, but they are absolutely evolving – and not just moving from printed paper to digital copies. While some businesses still rely on traditional resumes in the hiring process, many are seeking a more complete picture of their future employees and turn to social media sites to learn more about potential hires.