After briefly attending Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-sixties, I moved to San Francisco. At nineteen years of age I managed to get a job working in the copy center at Golden Gate College. Located in the basement, the copy center had no... Continue
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“The candle that burns at both ends burns half as long, and you have burned so very brightly, Roy.” - Dr. Eldon Tyrel to Replicant Roy Blatty in the movie “Blade Runner.” It’s the subject of nearly all our entertainment and scrutiny: how and why... Continue
“You will lose if you choose to refuse to put her first. She will and she can find a man who knows her worth. A Real man just can't deny a woman's worth.” These are words from “A woman’s worth” by Alicia Keys, written in... Continue
“Me llamo Augustina Juarez. Soy de Guanajuato, Mexico, pero ahora vivo en el Valle de la Luna en California. My boss doesn’t like me to speak Spanish, pero no me importa. I don’t care. I need to speak before I run out of time.” Thus... Continue
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist who just happened to grow up in Sonoma. Her work now appears regularly in the Sonoma Valley Sun. Continue
Café LaHaye and Saul Gropman “Such a gentleman leaves his beloved restaurant like a gentleman, with total consideration for the people who will pick up the spatula/torch, and for his kindness and fairness to some of the longest serving staff in Sonoma Valley, which says... Continue
Apparently I’m a Patriot!! I don’t think I would ever have known that, were it not for Caleb Lee, Newt Gingrich, Tom McHugh, Matt Gaetz, Lara Trump, Ronna McDaniel, Mike Johnson, Customer Care at The Patriot Depot, and Cory Brown at Tactical Wholesaler. All of... Continue
Oxford dictionary: Pardon - the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offense. "He obtained pardon for his sins." Readers may be aware that President Biden has received harsh criticism and a viral tide of rude gestures for pardoning his son, Hunter, whose... Continue
Revolutions are nothing new; uprisings have plagued humanity for many centuries, perhaps forever. Always about wealth and power, which are essentially the same, styles of revolution vary, however. In general terms, revolutions are of three kinds. There is revolution by the disenfranchised poor against the... Continue
“How many bags do you want?” So indicated the screen at Whole Foods. “Are you sure you only want one?” I turned to my friend Rick, who often supervises the self-checkout registers. “They ask more questions about how many paper bags I use than anything... Continue