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 $1,299,000 by Room Real Estate. For information, visit bit. ly/3IOuQbm.

Tom Brezsny’s

Real Estate of Mind

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Tom Brezsny’s

Real Estate of Mind

Continuing the conversation…talking about people and their stuff and what to do with it all. And wondering out loud whether it’s any coincidence that at this moment in history, when such a huge swathe of aging baby boomers is turning 65, we’re up to our ears in Reality TV shows that explore every nook and cranny of the jam-packed garages, basements, attics, junk drawers and closets we all have.

Provoking thought since 1990

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First there’s the mega-hoarder niche of “stuff shows” ranging from The Hoarder Next Door to Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder to Level 4 Hoarder to Hoarder Basement to Extreme Worst Hoarding. There’s also the Spanish-language version Accumladores. (Accumulating sounds better than hoarding! Maybe if I call myself an accumulator I’ll feel better about my stuff!)

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Then there’s the sub-genre of “stuff shows” that employ the tantalizing premise that accumulators often use to fool themselvesthere might be some real treasures hidden within those piles of junk. Think: My Strange Addiction, Pawn Stars, Auction Hunters, Storage Wars Texas, Storage Wars New York, Storage Wars Canada! (That’s a lot of wars! Can’t we all just agree that there’s more than enough “stuff” to go around in those millions of storage units across the country?)

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Then there are the “stuff shows” that try to organize all the stuff: Space Invaders, The Minimalists, Conquer the Clutter, Hack My Life, Get Organized with the Home Edit, The OCD project. And of course, the “stuff shows” that make Herculean efforts to clean up after it all: Clean House, Clean Sweep. Extreme Cleaners. Dirty Rotten Cleaners, Big House Clean Out, Hot Mess House, A Life of Grime.

And then there are the occasional talk shows that analyze our relationships to “stuff”. Dr Phil, Oprah and Dr. Drew (among others) have all tried to help people come to terms with their stuff, but we might need more of these shows because frankly, I’m not sure that Marie Kondo and the Magic of Tidying Up can really survive a steel cage match with any of those sad folks depicted on Hoarders: Buried Alive.

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Tom Brezsny

Realtor® DRE #01063297

831-818-1431 getreal@sereno.com

So here we are stuffed to the gills with shows about stuff. Swimming in circles with no end in sight. How many tragic stories can we possibly consume? What is it that we see when we stare at the screen? Why can’t we look away? Nietsche said: “If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back into you.” What is looking back at us when we stare into the bottomless pit of all those homes overflowing with stuff?

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More stuff next week…

Tom Brezsny