I am feeling a lot of compassion for men lately. Reading the news doesn’t help me with that, but my therapy work does. The topic is ticklish these days, with the onslaught of throbbing, bullish boys in courtrooms, etc. Even the gift of a Jumbo... Continue
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We are told when we meet someone to be open-minded, to give someone new the benefit of a doubt. Do not judge people on first impressions. When I was young my instincts were not yet formed. I trusted, unintentionally. When there were signs that someone... Continue
‘Tis the season that locals and tourists alike look forward to with excitement, fear and trepidation: Wildfire Season. For weeks now, every entity responsible for preventing, fighting or talking about wildfires has urged residents to “Keep your Go-Bag at the ready!” and “Be prepared to... Continue
HOT SONOMA FOOD NEWS: CAFE LA HAYE OPENS FOR LUNCH. New owner Jose Lopeznunez offers a lunch menu with everything a la carte including Full Circle bread, soup, a mixed green salad of pickled beets and onions, oranges, watermelon radish, and blue cheese ($16) or... Continue
Crypto this, crypto that. It seems like a new cryptocurrency is introduced every week. But what, exactly, is the cryptocurrency mania about? Essentially, it’s the privatization of currency, yet another fragmenting of society facilitated by digital technology. The underlying basis of all currencies is faith... Continue
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist who just happened to be born and raised right here in Sonoma. Continue
Norma, my dear departed wife of fifty years and I owned and lived in four homes. We bought our first home in 1984, a dilapidated house near the southern border of Piedmont, CA, just a block from Oakland’s Grand Avenue. We lived there for five... Continue
By Megie Marvel Beneath the composed smiles at the board table lies a series of decisions that have shaken the very soul of our community. The Sonoma Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) Board’s recent actions have left families stunned, ignored, devalued and watching their children’s... Continue
In late 2024 Susan Gorin announced limited funds to create a Temporary Springs Plaza in the county owned parking lot, adjacent to what everyone calls “the Old Church Mouse Building” at the corner of Boyes Boulevard and Highway 12. In 22 years of living in... Continue
By Tarney Baldinger On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Plant in northern Ukraine melted down and exploded. It remains the largest nuclear disaster in history, releasing more than ten times as much radiation as Fukushima and the contaminated zone is far... Continue