Life might seem more human if we put away our Devices and get out that tablet of paper and a pencil we stuck in a drawer when Technology arrived to reinvent the way we did everything – from reading and writing, to calling each other... Continue
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This year, Board of Supervisors Chair Chris Coursey assigned me as the Board representative to Aging Together, a leadership committee in the county’s Adult and Aging Division. Issues impacting older adults are very important to residents of my District, so this assignment was a natural... Continue
It’s pretty easy to feel down about the state of human affairs. There’s so much greed, so much suffering, so much to feel bad about. What’s to be done when feeling blue? There are those who view the current moment as deterministic, that everything that’s... Continue
This is the headline for a movie review of John Wick: Chapter 4: A three-hour killing spree perversely entertains. It claims the “fetishized violence” is “visually impressive.” I do not watch movies like this; I believe that violence has consequences. In real life, killing rips... Continue
Everyone is seeing robins everywhere this year! Impressive flocks of the familiar rusty-breasted all-American bird are feeding on berries and searching the ground for worms all over Sonoma Valley. I’ve spotted robins along the bike path, at Maxwell Park, at the Sonoma Valley Regional Park,... Continue
What makes the City of Sonoma a desirable place to live? The answer is a matter of preference. When preferences match character, the result is desirability, which results in a steady increase in real estate value. What’s desirable is popular, and popularity increases value. Not... Continue
Chapter 51: Apr 1949 • Diary of my brother, Larry (age 15): Apr 22 Freshman picked weeds at school. Am now reading book called Lets Make Mary. Was late for school because of oversleeping Apr 23 Florence Harold came into my room with Ima looking... Continue
Subsequent to my last column two weeks ago, Governor Gavin Newsom has put his shoulder to the wheel of the Care Courts Initiative passed by the state legislature in late 2022 by announcing a 2024 statewide referendum to get public buy-in on the concept. This... Continue
How do we Boomers pass on what we’ve learned? Just imagine what it was like to see gusts of people on marches, hordes of humanity listening to music, music that told stories, sweeping across hills, swaying and swooning, waving hands, thousands of us, longing for... Continue
Responding to the many dire situations in the world reminds me of a Buddhist parable. While in the form of a Bodhisattva, the Buddha encounters a starving tiger with two cubs to feed and willingly sacrifices himself. He first offers his leg to the beast,... Continue