The Monarchs of Ellwood
The Sperling Preserve at Ellwood Mesa is home to one of the largest monarch butterfly over-wintering sites in California and is well worth a visit this holiday season.
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How Nature Nurtures Children
Two books have recently given voice to some of my unspoken, but deeply felt beliefs about how we are shaped by our environment from the earliest moments of our lives. The nature-versus-nurture debate has continued to ride a see-saw of academic research into every facet of children’s early education and home circumstance.
Yuletide Peeps
‘Twas the day of The Indy’s party, and all through the buildin’
Not an employee was working, ‘cept an intern named Griffin.
Instead we were plotting, to the utmost detail;
Never Fear, Acupuncture Is Here
Nikki Doner-Sherwood, licensed acupuncturist and former clinic director of the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine’s intern clinic, will be opening the Community-Centered Oriental Medicine Clinic on January 7, 2008. One year ago, the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine announced it would be closing after 25 years of business.
Question: ‘What can you tell me about the author Kate Wiggin?’
Kate Douglas Wiggin is primarily known today as the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. A prolific author of juvenile literature, she also was a highly respected educator and pioneer in the U.S. kindergarten movement.
vol. 22, no. 101, Dec. 20-27, 2007
ON THE COVER: There are many different perceptions of what peace means. For some, it is a world without war; for others it revolves around a holistic approach to human rights.
StylePhile
Gimme something I can spend to: Kelly Scott, who did for Isla Vista fashionistas what S.O.S. did for I.V. drunks-excuse me, social drinkers-with the opening of her boutique Miss Behavin’ (6551 Trigo Rd.) earlier this year, is giving the virtual world a similar style injection.
The Terror of Secret Santas
You wouldn’t know it by looking at Santa Barbara’s disconcertingly sunny skies, but it’s time for nog and wassail and all those other antiquated words associated with the holidays. For me, this time of year brings a very particular source of stress: the office Secret Santa gift exchange.
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Ode to Kathryn Bailard and Elizabeth Drouin
Death and the holidays don’t mix. I imagine death and her cool shadow thriving in the doldrums of January or in April, during tax season, but she should leave the holidays to the living. As the calendar flips over to November and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” takes over the radio, my thoughts usually start simmering with images of big family dinners, thoughtful gifts, too much chocolate, and great conversations with friends.