Columnists

It has been just over two years since Morgan Hill Community Christian revived a church at 305 W. Main Ave. In the 18-month span since their launch, there have been remarkable results.

On April 10, the majority of Christians around the world will

Our local grape vines have been thriving throughout the warm summer, the leaves soaking up the sunshine and clusters of grapes hanging heavily from the vines. Our wine growers have been busy with canopy management - pulling selected leaves from the vines to give the best sunlight exposure and air movement to the fruit. Veraison (when grapes start to ripen and change from green to purple) has come early this year, attracting birds and other critters that are looking for a tasty meal. But even though the grapes are turning color, they aren't ripe enough yet - so nets are draped over the rows to protect them from being picked clean by hungry birds.

My first snorkeling experience was in a cove in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii. Awed by the absolute beauty of the brilliantly colored fish and coral and enthralled by a huge turtle swimming ahead of me, I lost all common sense and swam farther and farther out to sea following the turtle and searching for new and more colorful marine life.

My fellow columnist Bill Flodberg was known around Gilroy and

Nora and Delia Ephron (sisters) took the book “Love, Loss and What I Wore” by Ilene Bacmerman, added stories of some of their friends and their own experiences, and came up with a delightful production that hits home with most women and can tickle the funny bone of the guys in the audience. Sadly Nora Ephron died this past summer and left an enormous library of plays and books. Best known are “When Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and this play.

South County residents will have a great opportunity to hear fine music and support a worthy cause on Thursday, April 12. A benefit concert to raise funds for the Gilroy Compassion Center will be held at 7 p.m. at South Valley Community Church, 8095 Kelton Drive in Gilroy.

There's magic in the air this week. All around, you can see

In our previous column entitled “Color Trends for Your Home” we introduced you to the High Point Market in North Carolina - the largest home furnishings trade show in the world - and brought you up to speed with color trend predictions  as revealed at this year's spring show. Today's column tells the second half of that story - design trends for your home - and is meant to inspire our South Valley friends who are looking for that special something to update their home decor.