Human existence can be organized within two orders of experience. A first order experience is felt: unmediated sensory awareness responding moment to moment to the space around us. A second order experience includes image and thought, which arise due to the first order experience, and... Continue
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“When the dust settles, we’ll all still be here.” And so here we are, in the aftermath of the Measure B election, and we now have a great opportunity for a deeper community discussion on land use and development issues. It was a hard-fought election,... Continue
I grew up with All-American images of clean-cut baseball heroes -- Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford and the like. Despite later revelations of alcohol problems, their images as wholesome, talented sportsmen resonated across the 1950s and contributed to the backdrop of conformist cultural forms against which a... Continue
Dear Bonnie, This year I changed jobs, got a divorce (it’s final), sold my house, changed jobs and moved. I started thinking that even though the house sale isn’t taxable because my profit was well within the exemption limit, I wonder if my tax picture... Continue
Wow, what a wind we had last week. Fences, trees and garbage cans had a tough go of it, but on the bright side, all those pesky leaves littering my yard were blown into the corner of my yard for easy pick-up. All those leaves,... Continue
As part of Sonoma County's ambitious goal to become California's healthiest county by 2020, the Department of Health Services is leading the Cradle to Career initiative, in partnership with close to 100 Sonoma County community-based organizations, government agencies, and businesses. Cradle to Career is based... Continue
The human power of abstraction, our ability to imagine something and then build upon that imaginary idea distinguishes us from lower animals. Brain physiologists might say such abilities reside within our frontal lobes, that area of the brain held responsible for higher thought, but whatever... Continue
This week was tough. I woke up feeling worried, with a sense of dread. Why? I wasn’t sure. Maybe it was the upcoming holidays and winter months weighing on me and wondering how I would maneuver through it all. It might have been financial concerns.... Continue
Those opposed to the Hotel Limitation Measure - Measure B, are lavishing their criticism on the prospect of unintended consequences. In acts of pure speculation, they proffer a list of the unintended consequences, displaying an uncanny ability to forecast the future as they see it.... Continue
The mission of this monthly column from Day One has been to answer the question: What is the Progressive agenda? This month marks the one-year anniversary of this column in The Sonoma Sun. I am thankful to Editor Val Robichaud and The Sun for this... Continue