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Gardening can be a delicate balancing act

It’s a little ironic that I’m choosing this topic three months after I lost my balance in the garden, fell, and shattered my hip. As I wait for my total hip replacement in August at Stanford Hospital, balance is much on my mind. Balance, both in our gardens and in our lives, is a quest...

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Oh the traffic! You’ve got to watch it when on backcountry roads

Most people who drive in California can claim that traffic made them late for one thing or another, especially work. This is not so true on the Central Coast, even on holiday weekends and in the summer, but I’ve still heard people make that claim — the traffic version of the-dog-ate...

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Fresh farmers market fruits & vegetables taste good, are good for you

Since cutting 15 inches off my hair for Locks of Love, I have received a gratifying unanimous vote for the new look, thank you very much, but the point I hoped to make was that mature women’s hair is as acceptable as youth’s. It has been a little disconcerting to look in the mirror...

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The scoop on sugar isn’t so sweet

My apologies to Rick James, but “I’m a sugar freak, a sugar freak; I’m a sugar freak, sugar freak, yow ….” Seriously, I know why my pudge persists. It is my drug of choice. And I mean both drug and choice.

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What I’m not

We were at a historical society event recently, chatting with other people who had, for decades, supported the cause of preserving Cambria’s history.

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When making summer plans, leave some time unplanned

“I have noticed that when I get just miserable, I relax, droop, slow down — a very slowing-down thing happens to me. I mentioned last night that being depressed is kind of a great thing. You can relax into it and be outside and then you want to look at something besides what you&#...

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Local celebrities featured at the Cambria Historical Museum

What a “blast from the past” as the Cambria Historical Society presented its annual Heritage Day Saturday May 25 in the Heirloom Gardens at the historical museum on Burton Drive and Center Streets. A small but dedicated group of volunteers and craftsmen and women in Victorian and...

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Barbed wire, prickly feelings

When the shiny new six-strand barbed wire fence – paid for by the Nature Conservancy – went up around 3-1/2 miles of the Covell Ranch on the northeast side of Cambria in November, along with the umbrage taken by neighbors there were concerns raised about how wildlife would navigate...

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Land trust impacts show up in our everyday lives

While many individuals, organizations and agencies are conserving the North Coast area of San Luis Obispo County, consider for today the impact of land trusts and conservancies on our lives and daily routines in Cambria. (“Land trusts” and “conservancies” are pretty much...