People are remarkable creatures. Liberated from walking using arms and hands thanks to our bipedal gait, we’ve used them to successfully manipulate matter, from lighting fire to assembling spacecrafts. We play music, dance and create drawings and paintings. For better or worse we’ve mastered chemistry,... Continue
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Perception and reality: sometimes it is difficult to give up our perception about something, someone or someplace, and face reality. Many things appear to be one thing, glowing and positive on the surface, with each of us projecting our idealistic perception on it. These are... Continue
Celebrating 250 Years of Victories In 1814, Francis Scott Key (‘Scotty’ to his friends) penned a poem entitled, “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” In 1931, its first verse became our National Anthem. As the country’s 250th birthday approaches, it’s a tune we’re hearing more than... Continue
KQED Films at Mill, Sonoma Eats Returns, El Fuoco departs, Native Sons BBQ, Spread Makes Top 100, SMASHburgers Everywhere, PRIDE Comes Back to General’s Daughter “Check, Please!” films at The Mill Leslie Sbrocco’s KQED program, “Check, Please!” films Friday, June 5 at The Mill in... Continue
There might be a purpose to life but answering that question is above my pay grade. An easier question might be is there a purpose to thought? We don’t know how long it is that humans have been thinking. It’s likely that some form of... Continue
And Then a Poppy Blooms Death comes like a thief in the night, stealing everything you cherish. I just found out a beloved friend of 30 years passed away quickly. I was thinking it was about time we had our yearly coffee chat. I emailed... Continue
By Jim Bohar The City Council election is scheduled for November 3, 2026 to elect one member from districts 1, 3 and 5 for four year terms to 2030. The nomination period for candidate registration is Monday, July 13, 2026 through Friday, August 7 at... Continue
Steven Serafini Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor While settling in as the inaugural Sports Editor of the Sonoma Valley Sun, I’m steadily gaining traction to navigate the different avenues I’ll be taking in covering the sports scenes throughout the Valley of the Moon. My coverage... Continue
It was just one year ago on May 22, 2025 that Norma, my wife of fifty years, died suddenly. I’m still wrestling with the impact of that, and I expect I will for the rest of my life. In my dream world she won’t leave... Continue
During the Indiana chapter of my boyhood there was a deep gorge that channeled the East Fork of the Whitewater River through the middle of town. And in that gorge, on the banks of that river, there was an enormous, abandoned, multi-storied brick warehouse where,... Continue