Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist, humorist, and book author who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. Continue
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It’s definitely the “holidaze,” inviting feelings and emotional hairballs of all kinds! It’s been a rumbling year, pulling me toward some memories I wish to forget. The season lurks around us, with longing for what is lost and wanting more of whatever we don’t have.... Continue
Sonoma Valley Hospital welcomed Dr. Patrick Okolo to the hospital staff in early October as Chief Medical Officer. A nationally recognized physician leader and academic gastroenterologist, he brings extensive experience in clinical excellence, quality improvement, and organizational leadership. In addition to his leadership responsibilities, Dr.... Continue
Albert Camus wrote of fiction as, “the great lie through which we tell the truth.” So what are the “great lies” and what are the “truths” they tell? Now, to be sure, 'great' is in the mind of the beholder. But the “great lies" referred... Continue
Notwithstanding the work of 30 global environmental conferences and Sonoma County’s strict recycling rules (‘No tampons in the blue can’), climate change is definitely coming. But not to worry. Our planet has gone through many climate changes in its 4.5 billion-year history, each of which... Continue
Honoring the Old, Respecting the Present, & Planting for the Future By Vincent Distrola, Hannah Aclufi, and Sedra Nathan Birth month flowers for December: Paperwhites and Holly [caption id="attachment_145485" align="alignleft" width="284"] Heidi Kolsky[/caption] [caption id="attachment_145486" align="aligncenter" width="282"] Michigan Gardener[/caption] When we think of December, flowers... Continue
Editor’s Note: The following story, posted on Nextdoor Marty Drive, captures both the spirit of the season and an essential lesson in paying attention to what matters in the moment. My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum... Continue
Donald Trump, who has demonstrated neither interest in nor aptitude for knowing and understanding world history, has seized on the word “communism” as a favorite pejorative to define many of his most prominent political enemies. He insists in countless email messages that, “Known Communists, like... Continue
By Anna Pier Leo Dale captured this stunning image of a bobcat with prey at Point Reyes at dusk last January. He was notified in November that he was awarded first place, Youth Division (10 -17 years), in the Nature Photographer of the Year competition... Continue
Animal activist Zoe Rosenberg, who captured three chickens from a chicken farm in Petaluma to rescue them from slaughter and what she says was poor living conditions, has been sentenced to 90 days by the Sonoma County Superior Court. A portion of the 90 days... Continue