It’s a gray autumn Sunday and everyone in Seaside seems to be inside watching football. Martha Edwards meets me at the door of the modest house she has lived in since 1959. A remarkably youthful 82-year-old, the queen mother of Monterey County football ushers me into her home, which shines clean and white as a pre-game visitor’s jersey. She’s in good spirits despite the fact … [Read more...] about Mother-in-Chief
Archives for November 2006
Deaver Meaning
If best-selling thriller writer Jeffery Deaver gets his way, the Monterey Peninsula will experience a crime spree come 2007. That’s when his next book, which will be his 22nd overall and the first in a new series set on the Central Coast, will be released by Simon and Schuster. Called “The Sleeping Doll”, this new novel will be Deaver’s first book with Kathryn Dance as the … [Read more...] about Deaver Meaning
Into the Blue
Deep in the golden brown hills of the Ventana Wilderness lies a necklace of emerald pools, a string of refreshing jewels so crystal clear that the resident trout and crawdads seem to hover in mid-air. This is the Arroyo Seco River Gorge — one of Monterey County’s secret paradises. There is no trail where the relatively little-known Arroyo Seco drains the east side of the … [Read more...] about Into the Blue