GETTING OUT: Hiking the Sierra Azul
Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve is big and rugged. From Los Gatos and Lexington Reservoir to the north down to Mt. Umunhum and beyond, this 17,400-acre preserve rides the crest of the Santa Cruz mountains that overlook San Jose and the entire south bay.
From dawn til dusk
The mood went from dawn to dusk, a collection of contemporary paintings spanning the brilliance of an entire day in Monterey.
Red Phone: Smoking within city limits
"I just finished reading the article in the Dispatch regarding the cigarette smoke. Our house is located next to a mutli-unit dwelling and a church. What has occurred here is everyone is outside smoking and they are out in front of our house. We are sandwiched in between. They leave their cigarettes around. All these people are outside smoking right in front of our house. I have a mother who is on oxygen. And there isn't supposed to be any smoking around this area. I don't know if that law applies to them. Does it also apply to the church and their congregation? Who do I call in response to them smoking?"
Mercy for mom’s ailing daughter
Mother’s Day is not easy for many of us. Many of us have lost our mothers, and others don’t have the best relationship with ours. I was fortunate to have my mother long enough for our relationship to evolve from rebellious child trying to escape strict mom to realization of the wisdom of my mom and then on to our becoming best friends.
The Tesla Roadster and the road to fuel freedom
On Monday, I'll be riding in Morgan Hill's annual Fourth of July
Scrapbook Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2011
Kelly Skow and Robert Rohrer Jr. were married Sept. 10, 2011.
















