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April 26, 2026

Why do we perch?

You invested in an ergonomic office chair that was supposed to have great back support. But all you feel is a great divide - between your back and the chair's backrest. Or, perhaps, you're making do with a repurposed chair from the dining room and constantly find yourself “perching” on the front edge of the chair. What's the problem?

Round top challenge

ABOUT this time three years ago, I laid down the Clouds Rest Challenge in this column. Forget those flimsy New Year's resolutions that will evaporate by mid-January. Instead, I said, commit to a grand summer goal that both excites you and scares you. After six prep hikes throughout the winter and spring, 70—yes 70—people completed the 13-mile round-trip hike to that iconic Yosemite peak.

Preparing to sell the family car

It seems we can ignore this fact no longer: it's time to sell

Picking the Passion

You might say Carol Firenze has an obsession with olive oil. To

Honoring the departed

JoAnne Perez Robinson worked for five days in the heat painting the traffic box outside the Gilroy Center for the Arts. While she toiled away at the rich agricultural scene honoring local field workers, her dad, Raymond Perez, came each day carting along a picnic lunch and an umbrella to shield her from the Gilroy sun—sitting with her the entire time she painted.

‘Radio Golf’ may sound a bit familiar

When the late Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson completed

‘Stormers stuffed

With their only losses coming in the state championship games to

Historic church embraces diversity

The Morgan Hill United Methodist Church has a long history of serving the community ever since its earliest beginnings. Built in 1893, the following year it housed the town’s public school until Machado School was constructed.

Planting seeds

Listening to a teacher in a classroom drone on about the wonders

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