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Put your own “stamp” on the holidays

Whether we’re children or adults, we all like to feel useful and part of holiday festivities. Now is the time to enlist the kids in some projects! Stamping is one of the easiest and rewarding.

Potted plants can go well beyond the holidays

Decorate with potted plants to add some last minute festivity to your home, house entry or garden. Most holiday plants can not only add seasonal cheer, but, with proper care, can be enjoyed for years to come.

Garage doors and redone bathrooms

It will help keep some of the heat load out of your garage, which ultimately ends up in your home. These doors offer more clearance than the old style one piece doors, so you can get a bit larger vehicle into the garage if needed.

Curiosity killed the cat?

I was taking care of my grandson recently. I watched this little 17-month-old scrutinize a spoon with such wide-eyed wonder that it made me laugh. I can’t remember a time when a spoon was that fascinating to me.

Top 10 Christmas Stories

The best job I ever had was during my first year of college when I worked for a little shop in Montrose called Once Upon A Time.

The bottom 10 list

You know those Top 10 lists that crop up every year around this time? Forget those. Instead, here are the worst things about 2019 — from “awful” at number 91 through “somehow even worse” at number 100.

Looking forward to 2020

I am looking forward to all we will accomplish in the coming year. Several major projects are coming to fruition, essential programs that will be put into effect and new amenities coming online.

New Year’s Eve: Celebrate Your Way

New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate endings and beginnings. It is time to put the old year to bed, and welcome the promise and hope of a new beginning.

Travel for New Year’s Eve

Everyone knows that Las Vegas puts on an amazing New Year’s Eve celebration. Ditto for the iconic ball drop held in Times Square in New York. However, there are many fun destinations where you can ring in the New Year in style.

The Time Ranger

Happy Birthday to ‘Big’ Bad John (Powell)

Hate to break the bad news. But when we time travel to the back canyons of the Santa Clarita of Yesteryear, you can’t shop. Well. You can shop. But you can’t bring back gifts through the time portal.

Holiday lights to see in Santa Clarita

During the holiday season, places throughout the Santa Clarita Valley are decorated in holiday lights, attracting crowds from all over the county to experience the city’s festivity first-hand.  Holiday lights