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Coldwell Banker Realty

DOVE LANE This home in the Santa Cruz Mountains complements its natural surroundings.

Mountain tranquility

Corralitos home in private setting features trails through the forest

This home near the headwaters of Corralitos Creek is surrounded by the tranquil Santa Cruz Mountains.

Located at 680 Dove Lane in Corralitos, the 3,086-square-foot home includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The home, located behind two private gates, was designed to fit into the natural environment, complete with its own trails.

It features open beam ceilings, walls of windows, multiple decks, covered patios and hardwood floors. The kitchen is outfitted with custom cabinetry and stone countertops. The bathrooms are equipped with natural materials and custom tile work.

The home, built in 1997, is listed at $1,950,000 by Coldwell Banker Realty. For information, visit tinyurl.com/y4zej9xo.

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Tom Brezsny’s

REAL ESTATE OF MIND

Provoking thought since 1990

PUBLICATION: GOOD TIMES

Today 10,000 people in the US will turn 65. In another 5 years, that number is going to take a quantum leap further into the stratosphere. How does this huge demographic shift affect the decisions people are making today? What does it

mean for the future of real estate?

Homes are the biggest assets most of us will ever own. They are also the all-important centering places for our lives. It makes sense that they should occupy center stage in many of the life discussions people have. But here’s the thing…there’s not really much of a mindful public dialogue happening about the aging of the culture. It’s more of an isolated web of separate discussions taking place among small groups of family members. Or between the inner voices loudly talking inside each person’s head. Change. There’s nothing more certain. The entire universe is constructed by it and through it. Any single thing along the continuum we choose to call real or permanent exists only as a whisper. The shutter of a snapshot taking place in an interlude between infinitesimal moments. A short stop along the periodic table while elements transform into energy and then back again. We are all verbs that like to harbor the illusion that we are nouns. Even though we are all creatures of change and there’s nothing more certain, there’s also nothing that resists the “idea of change” more than certain parts of our brains do. Our neural pathways are like well-worn deer trails. The more they get used, the more embedded and fossilized they become. When that happens, they hunker down and operate on survival mode. They dig in and fight to preserve themselves. Why do so many people stay in houses ADVERTISER: they actively dislike? Or places that APTOS NATURALS just don’t work for them? Because ACCOUNT EXEC: DEBRA DESIGNER: MACKENZIE the prospect of change is so scary. We convince ourselves that without our accustomed neural pathways in play, we won’t know who we are anymore. If we DESIGN DEPARTMENT weeklys.com lose our ego, we’ll have to start all over again like a stroke patient learning how to walk and talk like they used to. Or just maybe, intriguingly, in a brand new way. And that’s where we’ll stop. With the tiny idea that change could be an introduction to something new and interesting rather than fearful. Change might be something to embrace rather than resist. When people opt for the default position of choosing not to change they are in effect, kicking the can down the road until life inevitably steps in and does what it always does…makes choices for them

whether they are ready or not.

Tom Brezsny

Realtor® DRE#01063297 831-818-1431 getreal@serenogroup.com PAJARO VALLEY MAGAZINE | DECEMBER 11 7, 2020