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How a Coastside forest therapy guide is helping people reconnect with nature in Peninsula parks (opens the original)
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When Coastside therapist Wendy Figone takes people out on forest therapy walks, she encourages participants to call trees “she” instead of “it.” Her thinking is rooted in the idea that humans have become so disconnected from nature that they consider living plants to be “other.” By the end of her walks, hikers might become overcome with emotion while they hug those same trees and cry. This is part of the immersive experience cultivated by Figone, who partnered with the San Mateo County Parks Fou
How to prepare for California’s new fire-smart landscaping guidelines (opens the original)
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The new outdoor space at this Portola Valley home incorporates a heritage oak in the design and includes a deck made of fire-resistant planks. Photo courtesy Jean Bai. For residents living in areas of high wildfire risk on the Peninsula, landscaping is no longer just about creating a lush, private yard. California is moving to require wildfire-safe landscaping for thousands of homeowners, turning long-standing recommendations for defensible space into rules that will be phased in over the next s
Indie bookstore to host first kids’ podcast fest on Aug. 30 (opens the original)
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Did you know that bees have five eyes? Or there’s an actual place called Unicorn Peak near Mount Rainier in Washington? Those are some of the factoids shared on Reading Bug Adventures, a kids’ podcast put together by the owners of a San Carlos children’s bookstore. Each episode, there are original stories, songs, sound effects and coloring exercises. After eight years of educating and entertaining listeners through the podcast, owner Lauren Savage is bringing together other kids’ podcasters for
Mountain View-based bestselling author is back with her second novel, ‘Some People’ (opens the original)
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On the wall of Parini Shroff’s home office in Mountain View is a framed copy of the first short story she ever wrote. The tale is called “The Magic Hole” and she wrote it at age 7. The piece is a reminder to Shroff of how she got her start as a writer as a child growing up in Los Altos. Now she’s a USA Today bestselling author for her debut novel “The Bandit Queens,” published in 2023. The book, which is in the dark humor fiction genre, follows women who seek revenge against their abusive husban
Los Altos school librarian’s new humorous mystery follows an octogenarian scam victim out for revenge (opens the original)
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When a lonely 80-something-year-old woman finds herself investigating murders at her friend’s retirement home, she stumbles into many hijinks and forms a meaningful community in the new novel “Poppy Montgomery Gets Even.” Its author, Palo Alto native Gordon Jack, a Los Altos High School librarian, found inspiration for the story, which is both funny and suspenseful, after his mom, a Palo Alto resident, was scammed three times. He describes the book, published June 9, as a “revenge fantasy.” “It’
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