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~ Larry Barnett
Larry Barnett lives in Sonoma where he was elected to three terms on the City Council and served twice as Mayor. A thirty-three-year resident, he currently serves as Chair of Sonoma's Planning Commission. He has been married for 48 years, has two daughters and three grandchildren.
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Posted on July 22, 2024
When I hear a developer say how much they love Sonoma, it makes me cringe. I’ve lived here long enough to have seen and heard it... Continue
Posted on July 8, 2024
The cultural and political forces at play in America right now, the permissive left and the repressive right, present two sides of... Continue
Posted on July 1, 2024
My neighbor has a canoe on the roof of his extended cab truck. He’s about to go camping at a lake near Truckee. I like canoeing,... Continue
Posted on June 24, 2024
People are talking about how polarized public opinion is right now, politically and socially. The widespread assumption is that a... Continue
Posted on June 17, 2024
The Homo line of bipedal humans sequenced through a variety of iterations before settling down, albeit uncomfortably, into the one... Continue
Posted on June 11, 2024
People have been speaking and using words for a very long time, but writing and reading is something relatively new.
The bicameral... Continue
Posted on June 3, 2024
Being born is choiceless, but fairly soon thereafter we begin to choose. The choices we make follow the branching structure of time,... Continue
Posted on May 27, 2024
People are afraid of being killed by all sorts of things: branches falling from big trees, being attacked by vicious dogs, dying in... Continue
Posted on May 20, 2024
The role of religion in American society waxes and wanes. I remember back in the 70s when Time Magazine unearthed Friedrich Nietzsche... Continue
Posted on May 13, 2024
Everyone gets flies in the house from time to time, and we’re no exception. Sure, we’ve got screens on our windows but in one way... Continue
Larry Barnett lives in Sonoma where he was elected to three terms on the City Council and served twice as Mayor. A thirty-three-year resident, he currently serves as Chair of Sonoma's Planning Commission. He has been married for 48 years, has two daughters and three grandchildren.
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