I read George Orwell’s 1984, picked up at the local library in 1965, when I was in middle school. I read it again in 1968 for a high school English class. In the late 60’s we had several young, very progressive teachers. In one class... Continue
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By Teri Shore When I took the California Naturalist course with the Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) in March 2020, it was the early days of the COVID epidemic and shutdown. All in-person meetings and field trips were suddenly canceled. While we were all a bit... Continue
Older readers will remember that young Juliet Capulet fell in love with Romeo Montague, an affair complicated by the fact that their families had long been at war with each other. Weighing the implications of Romeo being a Montague, she voiced that now-famous line: “What's... Continue
In what was one of the largest crowds filling the historic Sonoma Plaza to protest the policies and actions of the Trump Administration, thousands turned out to sing, display signs and listen to speakers objecting to the direction the GOP is taking the country. Congressman... Continue
By David Bolling Sierra Nadeau should be dead. OK, that might be a little extreme. But not by much. She was taking a hike up the labyrinth of trails and fire roads that snake up the side of Sonoma Mountain above Glen Ellen. Sierra is... Continue
The Garagiste Festival: Northern Exposure, returns to Sonoma on April 26th for the seventh time to showcase 40 micro-production wineries and 100+ diverse wines from 20+ grape varieties. The festival, which offers first-look access to some of the best, hard-to-find wines from Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Marin County, Lodi, Sierra Foothills, and Livermore, takes place at... Continue
Caution: Several Sonoma residents have had mail, including check payments of bills, not arrive at their proper destinations. Some of these were apparently taken from the blue drive-by boxes in front of the Sonoma Post Office, and one person reported having this happen to checks... Continue
The TikToc Group Chat invitation came from “SecDef-PistolPete,” and it was labeled, “PrinsCom ONLY - Highly Confidential and Private. Don’t Share This With AWINOOU (Anyone Who Is Not One Of Us). I looked at the rest of the names on the invitation. There was KN-Rolex... Continue
An expansive, 40-year survey of painting and collage by Bay Area artist Frances McCormack will be on view to June 29 at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. The exhibition – Frances McCormack: Rooted in Wonder – will be featured in di Rosa’s light-filled... Continue
Cancer Support Sonoma By David Bolling Cancer is the Bad Boy of human disease, arriving on a chopped Harley in a studded, black leather jacket, staring right at you as you try to avert your gaze, a big red ‘C’ on the back of his... Continue