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Although the holidays are upon us yet again with shocking alacrity, I’m choosing to welcome the seasonal splendor. National and global disappointments aside, I’m opting to focus on what’s nearest and dearest. If I haven’t made it...

Everyone knows people who are ardent in support of local organizations and causes. For those folks, ideal gifts can be donations in their names to those organizations or memberships/subscriptions to places they frequently visit. Here are some...

This article was produced by Capital & Main (CapitalandMain.com). It is co-published here with permission. For many Californians, the phrase “low-wage worker” undoubtedly conjures a couple of very specific images: a kid grinding through a summer job, or...

I went through a “mod” phase in my early teens. On weekend visits, my kind and patient grandmother would take me to the nearest thrift stores, helping to find ’60s shift dresses, gloves and pillbox hats (and...

The older I get, the more health and wellness rule my life—not to mention, of course, the whole global pandemic thing. Having once lived in the “healthiest” state in the U.S. (Hawai’i, according to the U.S. Centers...

The mail carrier delivered another piece of mail addressed to the former occupant.  But this time, the soft-cover book, The Giving List: Women Doing It Differently, turned out to be full of interest—in particular, including its profiles of...

I’m always looking for new walks or hikes in or near the Bay Area, and, luckily, it’s hard to exhaust the options. It’s also hard to believe that until now, after so many years of hiking on...