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Katy Byrne: The Wild Edge of Emotions

Triggers, the spooky new name, the current label for heated, overwhelming emotions. What happens when you pull the trigger? Our language is getting scary. Flare ups can occur over small or large things. A friend might seem bossy, then we build stories in our heads... Continue

Larry Barnett: Blue in Green

I miss my late wife. I miss talking to her, holding her, feeling her warmth and enjoying her affection. I still think about all the things I could have done differently over the fifty years we were together, ways in which perhaps I could have... Continue

VOM Music Festival Report

By David Bolling  What I know about Antonin Dvorák (pictured) would fit in this sentence. What I know about Top 40 radio hits would probably fill this paper, because we’re talking about the soundtrack of my life, our lives. From Bo Diddly to Bob Dylan,... Continue

Walt Williams: How’s Your Homeostasis?

It’s just time. Right, I mean, we go to school on a schedule, get married on a schedule, have kids on a schedule (sometimes). If you have a crap job, hopefully you quit it on a schedule, and when things line up, you start on... Continue

When Sonoma Was Nuts for Baseball

By Kate Schertz There was a time when Sonoma was a raging baseball town. Everyone played, including kids, women, druggists, plumbers and butchers. One summer in 1970, there were more than 50 active teams playing baseball and/or softball in Sonoma Valley. And they were playing... Continue

Helen-Teri Shore: The Weeds We Love to Hate

Three weedy plants that we love to hate seem to be everywhere right now: dandelions, yellow star thistle and poison hemlock. The first two dot sun-dried hillsides like lemon drops and stickery jujubes, though certainly not as sweet! Poison hemlock towers up to eight feet... Continue

Steven Serafini: All-Star Streak Wavering

Index-Tribune Sports Editor  Of all the all-star games held in North America’s professional men’s sports leagues – including the NFL, NBA, NHL and the newest member, the MLS, Major League Baseball still has the best all-star format, mainly because baseball is the only sport that... Continue

Under the Sun: Ligia Booker, the First Light of La Luz

In this past year La Luz Center, and its founder Ligia Booker, have been honored with three awards,  The Heart of Sonoma County Award, from the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL), the Spirit Award, from the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of... Continue