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November 28, 2025

The family that texts together …

Muffled voices coming from what sounds like the other room:

A Few Appetizers That Come From the Grill

I love attending a great party. Even more, I love hosting a

A Space Full of Lofty Ideas

Brandon and Cory have just moved into a newly built two-story

Caller fed up with street vendors

Fed up with fruit:

Hiking where summer looks like springtime

Yes, California's golden (read: brown) hills are lovely, but even in non-drought years our mid-summer landscape seems coated by a dusty tinge that makes me long for a cool verdant setting. Fortunately for us, medicine for parched souls is just over the hill.

The blue band bracelet: one year later

For nearly an entire year, I’ve worn a simple blue bracelet on my scarred left wrist. It’s never been removed, though It has been touched and twirled; the writing on it has been read and pondered by strangers who have asked about its significance.

Discipline at Gilroy High School

Suspension is something that has always made me wonder: How is

‘Water By The Spoonful’: Deep, intertwined theater

“Water By The Spoonful” is the second part of a trilogy by Quiara Alegria Hudes that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for drama. It straddles and intertwines two story lines: one about a wounded Iraq war veteran struggling mentally with what happened during his tour of duty, the loss of a loved one and his interactions with family and drugs. The second thread of the plot involves a group of deeply flawed characters, each with a load of personal baggage, involved in an online chatroom where they try and help each other over the difficult road to staying off crack.

GETTING OUT: Panoche Valley a rare treasure for California

In idle moments, I sometimes sit with a map and simply look for

In Gilroy, ‘you can buy pot, but you can’t dance downtown’

Calling Kevin Bacon! We need some Footloose-style shakeups in

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