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| Family Spotlight | February 22, 2017

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Cover photo by Megan V. Winslow/Town CrierBeekeeper Kendal Sager, left, and Elizabeth Hamblin tend to the beehive in the Hamblins’ yard.

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Kendal Sager is sweet on bees. Not only does she keep hives and reap the rewards by selling their honey, she also is a strong advo-cate for bees. “They’re just such fascinating crea-tures to learn about,” the Los Altos beekeeper said. Sager is eager to spread the word. She leads classes – for kids and adults – on beekeeping, products that can be made with honey and beeswax, and the

Breaking out in hivesLos Altos beekeeper Kendal Sager shares her love of bees with local families

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Elizabeth Hamblin, left, and beekeeper Kendal Sager get ready to care for the beehive in the Hamblins’ backyard in Los Altos.

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busy creatures themselves. Sager sells her honey and related products at fairs and through her website, but her main focus is education. She teaches classes at elementary schools, Hidden Villa and through Los Altos Hills Parks and Recreation. Sager was initially inspired on a first-grade field trip to Hidden Villa, where she “made cream into butter, and ate things from the organic garden. … I came away from that thinking, ‘I’m going to be a farmer someday.’ And my folks were like, ‘Sure you are, sweetie.’” She didn’t become a farmer – opting instead for a degree in computer science – but remained passionate about nature education. “When I went to school in Seattle, I did children’s field trips at the Washington Park Arboretum,” Sager said. “So when I moved back to the area and I had a yard, I was looking for the easiest farm critter that I could keep in my own backyard.” After a bit of research, she discovered the answer was honeybees. “Some of my friends in college had bees,” Sager said, “and I was amazed at how calm they were – they were so different than I thought they would be.” Sager was working at DreamWorks Animation mak-ing children’s films when the company relocated to Los

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Elizabeth Hamblin uses a smoker on the beehive. Smoke calms bees, enabling beekeepers to work in the hive.

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Angeles. It was then that she thought of turning her love of nature into a job. A class at a Bay Area honey farm taught her the basics. In 2011, with one hive in a side yard, Sager began her beekeeping.

Bees as a family affair According to Sager, beekeeping can be a great activity for families, and kids are thrilled to get involved with it. “I bring some of my observation hives into children’s classrooms and they’re always so fascinated,” she said. “It’s such an interesting thing to watch. Even from the outside (of the observation hive), you can see what colors of pollen are coming in.” She pointed out that bee suits are available in chil-dren’s sizes; her friend’s 2-year-old wears one that Sager described as “a body net for a toddler.” She warned that children (and pets) have to learn to respect the hive early on. When looking for places to keep her bees, Sager’s main consideration is, “Do you have a space in your yard that’s not going to force an interaction between the people and the bees? If you have young chil-dren who might not know the consequences of running over and pounding on the beehive or something like that, it might not be the best thing. Or if you have little dogs that have no fear of anything.” MEGAN V. WINSLOW/TOWN CRIER

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The Fiegl family of Los Al-tos Hills has kept bees for a few years. Seven-and-a-half-year-old Wolfgang has been participating in the activity since he was 3. The St. Nicholas Catholic School sec-ond-grader enjoys showing off the hives to visitors, said his mother, April Zhong Fiegl, and is comfort-able around the bees. “He would stand right in front the hives and watch them (go) in and out. … Our bees seem to know him well, and they are very friendly to him,” she said. As for actually working with them, that will happen soon. “My son has been observing the harvesting process,” Zhong Fiegl said. “I believe he is ready to help out during the next summer harvest.” The family has seen an increase in production from its organic vegetable garden since keeping bees. “We very much appreciate our bees,” Zhong Fiegl said. “I believe it is the best way to educate young children to become an environmentally re-sponsible citizen.”

Community connection Sager’s post on Nextdoor.com looking for hive space led her to the Hamblin family, whose Los Altos yard has now been home to two hives for a year. John Hamblin, an avid gardener, was drawn to the idea of the bees’ pollination help. Cameron Hamblin, who homeschools daughter Elizabeth, was looking for ways to supplement the science curriculum. “I asked Kendal if we could coordinate when she comes to check on the hives so that Elizabeth could learn about the bees, their environment and how the honey is made and harvested,” Cameron said. Elizabeth helps Kendal examine the hive, the condi-tion of the bees and the queen’s status, along with the amount of honey produced. She has also helped harvest the honey at Kendal’s home – where they go through the entire extraction process. The Hamblins’ other school-age daughters have had less exposure to the bees because they are usually at school when Sager is there. “My almost-2-year-old daughter is starting to wander the yard more, so we’re trying to educate her quickly on keep-ing her distance,” Cameron said. There have been a couple of exciting times since the bees arrived.

“We’ve had at least two swarms, and at first it seems like it’s a scene from a horror flick involving killer bees,” Cameron said, “but mostly they’re circulating in a large ball to make sure they don’t lose sight of the queen as she finds them a new spot.” Cameron noted that having the hives in their yard has been a good experience. “We just enjoy having them,” she said. “The yard feels more alive with them buzzing around.” However, the Hamblins aren’t sure if they’re ready to manage the hives on their own. “Kendal is a great teacher, but bees are very sensitive and I think we need a few more years of experience/expo-sure to contemplate taking that on,” Cameron said.

Harvesting honey Although hives can grow quite large, Sager said bee-keeping can still be a weekend activity. She explained that during the first year, bees expand their population and



Elizabeth Hamblin examines a beehive in her family’s yard. The Hamblins keep two of Kendal Sager’s hives in their yard, and Elizabeth helps her care for them.

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beekeepers may not get any honey. But in the second year, Sager said she usually yields approximately 100 pounds of honey. Waiting for the honey harvest until fall and collecting it all at once saves on cleanup time throughout the year, but it’s still a major project. “It makes for a big weekend production,” said Sager, vice president of the Beekeepers’ Guild of San Mateo County. “It usually takes a few hours to harvest it all.”

Advantages of local honey Many allergy-sufferers extol the benefits of local hon-ey, and it makes sense to Sager. “I haven’t seen a scientific study on this, but I know people who swear by it,” she said. “It is in line with a lot of allergy treatments – a low, consistent exposure to the allergen.” But it’s important to know exactly what you’re allergic to. Sager explained that “a lot of tree pollens are wind-pol-linated and not bee-pollinated. So these tree pollens that are everywhere and blow around. … It’s not something the bees are eating.” But the bees eat a lot of things that people can be allergic to, so getting local honey – espe-cially honey produced at a time when you suffer the worst allergies – can help. For more information on Sager’s products, classes and other events, visit kendalsbees.com. b

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Los Altos resident Kendal Sager is vice president of the Beekeepers’ Guild of San Mateo.


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Steps to creativity The first step to becoming more creative is learning and developing skills that enable you to express yourself in a variety of ways. It’s not solely about being a trained artist or being able to complete projects found on Pinter-est. Creativity helps my family stay connected to what is important, provides a platform for developing healthy habits and keeps us mindful during our daily lives. We are also able to learn a lot from each other based on our varied interests. My 9-year-old son is a huge fan of Minecraft and would play it all day if we allowed it. When we want him to have screen-free time, we leverage his love of Mine-craft with baking or drawing. My husband and I take turns baking with our son, and we’ve made Minecraft-themed cakes, cupcakes, cookies and bread. Not only are we spending time together creating, we also are learning about our son’s imaginative thinking and using math skills while we bake. In addition, our son is learning about kitchen safety – an essential life skill.

Simple projects It’s important to realize that you don’t have to set aside dedicated time right away to get creative as a family. You can embed creativity into what your family already has going on. Putting a creative spin on anything increases the fun. As a mom, I spend a lot of time shuttling my kids to various events. The minivan is like our second home. My kids enjoy a family trivia game I created while I was doing some ancestry research. I wrote questions and

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start a creative project when they feel like it. We have even decorated a beverage carrier from the local grocery store and turned it into a supply caddy. My kids love this because they can take the supplies and tools they want to their rooms if they want to work in that space. Our current project is a dream box. Each of us selected a cardboard box from our recycling and we are decorat-ing them with drawings, pictures cut from magazines, stickers, duct tape and glitter. The decorations on the ex-terior of our boxes are related to a dream or goal each of us has for ourselves. As the weeks of 2017 go by, we will add artifacts to our dream boxes that support our goals, motivate us or symbolize something we’ve achieved. Have fun playing and creating as a family. It’s time well spent, and you’ll make some of your best memories as your family continues to grow up and grow together. Kanesha Baynard lives in Los Altos with her husband and two children. She is an author and the creator of the Creativity Summit, which provides tools and materials for families to learn, play, create and con-nect. For more information, visit boldlivingtoday.com. b


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By Christine Moore

Here are a few things about me as a mom: I’ve forgotten to buy milk twice in the same day. I’ve also forgotten practice times, birth-day parties and orthodontist appointments. I lose my keys and my temper every week. I give big hugs and sincere apologies. On Fridays, I watch the clock pretty intensely, wait-ing for 6 p.m. to roll around so that I can pour myself a glass of wine. My eyes fill with tears regularly simply because I’m overwhelmed by how much I love my family. My favorite things include impromptu kitchen dance parties, sloppy kid kisses and cake for breakfast. Sometimes it really bothers me that my kids are get-ting older. I realize that I can’t do anything about it but grow with them. I know plenty of wise moms I rely on to help me with just about everything. One such friend advised that as soon as children prove that they can complete a task all on their own, never do it for them again. I’ve been a mom long enough that I don’t put a lot of weight into the idea of “never,” but I do plan to teach my kiddos how to make my Faux Pho (pronounced “fuh”) recipe all by themselves. Then, as soon as they prove that they can make the aromatic, soul-nourishing, body-warming, bad-day-evaporating pho, I am going to have them make it for me as often as is reasonable. For starters, we’ll cook the soup together. I call this a Faux Pho because it’s my attempt to re-create a soup we enjoy at a local restaurant. I’m pretty certain it varies greatly from authentic versions of the Vietnamese one-pot meal, but we’re big fans nonetheless. Kids can wash vegetables, peel and grate carrots, and mix and form the meatballs. They can assemble the broth, too. I’ll do the work that requires knives. And

we’ll all decide on what garnishes we want to make our bowls of our Faux Pho just right. Christine Moore is a Mountain View resident and frequent Town Crier contributor. To read her blog, visit sheepishsommelier.blogspot.com. b

Cooking with kidsIN THE KITCHEN

Fun with Faux Pho

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Using ingredients such as fresh onions, from top left, carrots and rice noodles, can make for a tasty Faux Pho meal, above.


Faux PhoMeatballs • 1 pound ground pork or chicken thigh meat • 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce • 3 green onions, cleaned and white portion thinly sliced • 1 clove garlic, finely minced • 1 teaspoon ginger, finely grated • 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder • Kosher salt • Pepper, freshly ground

Place all ingredients in medium-sized bowl. Combine using rubber spatula or your hands. Set aside until broth is prepared.

Broth • 6 cups chicken broth (for a great homemade version, visit my blog) • 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce • 2 teaspoons sesame seed oil • 1 tablespoon ginger, freshly grated • 3 carrots, peeled and grated • 1 8-ounce package dried rice noodles (available in international food aisle of grocery stores) Wrap and tie in cheesecloth: • 1 whole cinnamon stick • 3 whole cloves • 2 whole star anise

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By Grace Acosta

I had lunch recently with several friends whom I hadn’t seen in a while. We had a lot of catching up to do: kids, spouses, milestones, travel plans, career moves, etc. I heard about one daughter who was “killing it” at her job, and another daughter who was both on a fast-track in her career and enveloped in a deeply satisfying relation-ship. I heard about idyllic family vacations and holiday get-togethers. Naturally, at our age, there were complaints here and there. But overall, my friends were in good health and the trajectories of their collective life paths were on the rise, if not soaring. In short, family life for each was portrayed as a deeply satisfying journey. To my surprise, I found myself unable to relate. Don’t get me wrong; I am satisfied with my family. But without a doubt, family life has been the hardest arena in which I’ve ever played: many bitter and anxious moments, lots of sorrow mixed in with all the joy. Had my friends

and I been sitting in some “Fiddler on the Roof”-type shtetl bar, they would all be singing, “L’chaim, l’chaim, to life!” while I’d be at another table crooning lyrics from “Sunrise, Sunset” about “one season following the other, laden by happiness and tears.” Perhaps this is because I spend an inordinate amount of time pondering my family – family relationships, family history, family gatherings, family unity – and the overall value, meaning, purpose and persuasion of family life. And yes, I may be overthinking it, spending too much energy sweating over details nobody cares about, or noticing stuff that bypasses everyone else’s attention. I am aware that my instincts don’t often track with other norms and rules of engagement, which is why I’d be the one singing about happiness and tears instead of a rous-ing chorus of a Yiddish and Hebrew toast to life.

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However, I also acknowledge and accept that the biggest argu-ments I’ve ever had in my life were with my most-trusted, beloved family members. The most significant losses have occurred among that same fellowship as well. The highest levels of frustration and defeat I have ever experienced have come as a result of a family issue – as opposed to a money problem, a job crisis or even a health concern, which would include the stage 3 cancer diagno-sis I received almost three years ago. I’m not complaining. I’m just explaining why I can’t chit-chat about my family in the same way my friends do. I can’t dilute my experiences and observations into catchphrases such as “She’s killing it!” or even a simple “We’re fine.” I understand that for purposes of keep-ing a casual social event light and breezy, you can’t just throw out minutiae and a blow-by-blow commentary on

everything that’s occurred in a family over the course of several months. Life does have a kind of binary aspect to it: You’re either basically fine or you’re basically not. However, from time to time, I do reserve the right to claim an experience of family life that has never followed any preordained path, nor has proven to be anything I had ever anticipated as a child or young adult. For me, family life has been intricate and astonish-ing in all the best and worst ways I never did imagine. You might call it a blessed crapshoot. Or you might call it something else entirely, because I can’t really label it precisely. It’s been a lot of things. In fact, it’s been every-thing. Grace Acosta is a long-time Los Altos resident who writes a monthly column for the Town Crier. Email her at the [email protected]. b

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Look for the Town Crier’s next magazine, Living in Los Altos, in the March 29 issue.

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As the weather warms and the Chinese Pistache trees begin to blossom, the Los Altos area wel-comes spring with a variety of family-friendly events. From the Peninsula Youth Theatre’s “Cats” to Pacific Ballet’s Spring Showcase, the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, the city of Los Altos and several other groups offer an array of entertainment to bring the new season to life.

‘Planet Fizz!’1:30 and 4 p.m. Feb. 26Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Presented by the Peninsula-based Youth Drama for All, the play follows a group of friends’ outer-space voy-age. The production features a cast of special-needs and

Spring brings a flurryof family-friendly events



general-education students, along with young adults. Tickets are $18-$20. For tickets and more information, call 903-6000 or visit mvcpa.com.

Smuin’s ‘Dance Series 01’8 p.m. March 2 and 32 and 8 p.m. March 42 p.m. March 5Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Presented by San Francisco ballet company Smuin, “Dance Series 01” features a mixed repertory program that includes Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch’s “Indigo,” a world premiere by Wonderbound Artistic Di-rector Garrett Ammon and Michael Smuin’s “Stabat Ma-ter,” choreographed in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Tickets are $25-$72. For tickets and more information, call 903-6000 or visit mvcpa.com.

‘The Little Princess’7:30 p.m. March 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 252 p.m. March 12 and 19Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos

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Directed by Anne Yumi Kobori, the Los Altos Youth Theatre’s joint production with the San Francisco Shake-speare Festival features two rotating casts that include local youth. Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, the play tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young, curi-ous girl from India who encounters great misery after her father’s death. Tickets are $15-$20. For tickets and more information, call 947-2790 or visit losaltosca.gov.

‘Cats’March 11-199:30 a.m., 1 and 2 p.m. matinees; 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. evening performancesMountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Directed by Meg Fischer Venuti, Peninsula Youth The-atre’s production is based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the play features two rotating casts and tells the story of the tribe of Jellicle Cats who come out at midnight for an annual ball and a new life. The musical is known for its energetic choreography. Tickets are $16-$22. For tickets and more information, call 903-6000 or visit pytnet.org.

‘Raggedy Ann & Andy’9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. March 2411:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. March 25Mountain View Center for the Per-forming Arts, 500 Castro St. Based on John-ny Gruelle’s book, PYT’s production chronicles the adven-tures of dolls Raggedy Ann and Andy as they journey to save a fellow doll. The play features two rotating casts that include local youth. Tickets are $10. For tickets and more information, call 988-8798 or visit pytnet.org.

Pacific Ballet’s Spring ShowcaseNoon and 5 p.m. March 25 and 26Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. The Mountain View-based group conducts its annual

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concert featuring student dancers and members from the Pacific Ballet Studio Company. The performance features excerpts from “Swan Lake” and “Paquita,” as well as new choreography by the faculty. Tickets are $25-$30. For tickets and more information, call 903-6000 or visit mvcpa.org.

California Pops Orchestra3 p.m. April 2Flint Center, De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino Continuing its 28th season, California Pops Orches-tra performs “Gold Standards: Gershwin, Porter, Berlin and Friends.” Led by conductor Kim Venaas, the or-chestra will play music from the Great American Song-book and popular songs by Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and Harold Arlen. Tickets are $20-$25. For tickets, available through Ticketmaster, call 856-843 or visit ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit californiapopsorches-tra.org. b

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Pacific Ballet, performing “The Nutcracker,” above, holds its Spring Showcase March 25 and 26.

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