Instructions for Satchel’s Fill-In, June 4, 2007 – Email correspondence regarding my grandson at age four; Brooke is my daughter-in-law, his mother: From me: Hi Brooke, I’m leaving today for Carmel, and then Southern California, and returning this weekend, so I won't be here to... Continue
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By Will Shonbrun Well, as an individual, not a hell of a lot. But as a City of Sonoma resident (albeit a blip of a city on the map), while any degree of influence is marginal, as part of a government entity, blip though it... Continue
If you grapple with family, or any relationships, at the holidays, the hard part is listening well. After opening gifts, those thingamajigs you never use, eventually you have to talk to each other. As Bessel Van der Kolk wrote, “The critical issue is reciprocity: being... Continue
Thanks so much to the many people who have mentioned to me that they are glad I am “back.” It is truly inspiring to hear people are reading. We made it through Thanksgiving, and now we’re back to regular programming, meaning my column as you... Continue
This is an open letter to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, and since you are all people with names, let's use them. I am, therefore, addressing our District 1 Supervisor, Susan Gorin; District 2 Supervisor, David Rabbitt; District 3 Supervisor Chris Coursey; District 4... Continue
If this recent election indicates anything, people have deep dissatisfaction with how things feel in America, and for a majority, it feels like shit. In the thoughts and feelings of many, the institutions we have created to ensure the health, wealth, and welfare of society... 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
I grew up at the feet of a fabulous cook. My mother was a natural, able to make something delicious out of almost nothing. She was not recipe dependent, although she had taken classes in French cooking and had a thick notebook of recipes. Accordingly,... Continue
I used to think I was a born pessimist, but that's not really accurate. My schooling in becoming a pessimist came about when I was six or seven at a boarding school outside Tucson, Arizona where we young ones weren't treated so well. And thus ... Continue