Sonoma Creek falls out of Sugarloaf State Park, wanders across the Valley floor and slides down the narrow canyon framing Warm Springs Road, past the first house I owned anywhere. The backyard of that house looked down on the creek, through a picket fence of... Continue
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“We’re doomed,” said my therapist. It was a notable moment that has stayed with me over all these years. He was a Jungian – not a school of psychotherapy known for being pessimistic – and he made this announcement while we were discussing humanity. I’ve... Continue
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Cartoonist, author and humorist who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. Continue
Readers of a certain age may recognize that old Cajun-French expression. It means to let go of your cares and worries and enjoy yourself; have Fun(!) and embrace a celebratory, carefree attitude. It's an invitation to relax and fully experience the present moment, especially at... Continue
I've worked in housing for years, in low-income housing as a resource coordinator, and I’ve counseled homeless people. I have bought, sold and been sold out during the foreclosure years. I've been around the block. Housing is a serious, insidious, corrosive problem for community. The... Continue
We imagine ourselves as having had a beginning, although at precisely what point in time it happened is uncertain, and that like taxes our end will come. We think of most things this way because that’s the way they appear and it’s what we’re taught.... Continue
It is generally agreed that the Civil Rights Movement in this country began officially in 1965 with the Supreme Court's decisive ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, ending the heretofore legal and widely accepted segregation and separation of the races in U.S. schools, with... Continue
Sonoma’s Friday Farmers market – officially the Sonoma Valley Certified Farmer’s Market (SCVFM) – has been the Valley's main source for locally produced food for decades. Over four to be exact, having been founded in 1985 by some forward-thinking farmers and residents, notably including Paul... Continue
By Josette Brose-Eichar My earliest memories are of north Minneapolis. My older sister, Eileen, walking me to Hawthorn Elementary School on frozen sidewalks. Midday I would walk back to our third-floor tenement apartment alone. Even as a small child I was unafraid to wander from... Continue
Happy Valentines Awards for Valley and Valley Swim Club Somehow chefs Emma Lipp and Stephanie Reagor flew off the high dive and made a clean entry into the not-so-clear pool below. The two chefs left Scribe winery and dove into their Valley Bar + Bottle... Continue