Great news – Darling is open Darling ice cream, the younger sister of Sweet Scoops on First Street East, is wide open in the Market Place shopping center as usual. Several people had given me a “scoop” (pun intended) that Darling’s windows were papered over,... Continue
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There are two progressive candidates running for the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in the coming election. They are both women and, if elected, they will transform the Board from a male-dominated and strongly-conservative governing body. And with the inclusion of District 3 Supervisor Chris... Continue
I write this with a certain aghar in my brain, a word that is spelled and translated into so many different meanings, in so many inter-related languages, and in so many parallel cultures, that it’s true meaning is very hard to define. So let me... Continue
I’m a triple earth sign, astrologically, Sun, Moon, and Rising Sign all in Virgo. Whatever its implications, the fact is I’ve spent thousands of hours with my hands in the dirt growing and caring for plants. The life energy of Earth’s living system resonates deeply... Continue
The simplest of things is orderly, a monad, a fundamental unit, indivisible substance, or concept representing "unity.” As such, it is only something we can imagine, a philosophical idea of perfection. The world we inhabit is complex. We too are complex beings, an amalgam of... Continue
Sonoma’s homecoming grid game starts at 7 p.m. By Steven Serafini Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor Overcoming a slow start to the current 2026 season due to losing standout skill players to graduation and dealing with health issues at key positions, the Sonoma Valley High... Continue
Telling the truth is terribly difficult. That’s why we don’t do it. The problem is that if we don’t do it, we’re contributing to the big potholes in our relationships and the world around us. What to do? Without honesty, fractured families continue, or we... Continue
Far too often the word community gets thrown around when linked with disparate groups of people, as in “the gay community,” or “the Black community,” or “the religious community,” and so on. All of which renders the key word meaningless. Even we at The Sun... Continue
Sneaker waves of sadness regularly overwhelm me nowadays. The world is such a mess, filled with struggle and misery, and yet, and yet, it’s so beautiful. What’s to be done with such a situation? The brilliant writer and poet Wendell Berry has died. He spent... Continue