Santa Barbara Star Free-Press

This man has probably done more for SoCal gardening than anyone. Plus his books are fab. We bought them when the LA Times published them, and treasure them still.

Now, last Thursday he had a piece in about fall bulbs. Nice section by the way...overall. Perhaps you might want to consider expanding the Food and Home Secs and pumping up the goodwill/Human Interest?

We love the Times when it runs that stuff. Important! It balances the pain and bleakness?

But you NEED great writers like Mr. Smaus to do it.

He was your best?

Go back in the biz of selling related books? It was an inspired idea!

Maybe Russ Parsons?

We'd buy it.

The NP published "Headlines" once. You could do it too, for LAT?

We love you, Los Angeles Times. And we are holding our breath up here, for all of you.