Letter from the Editor
David Bolling: Did Donald Trump Rape 13-Year Old Jane Doe?
As Donald Trump basks in the glow of his unauthorized assault on Iran, countless victims of his alleged illegal assaults against women are publicly wondering…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: Men, Money, Sex and Power
The media is on fire about the Epstein files, and rightfully so. The files reveal the way an entire class of men – wealthy, celebrated,…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: Oh My!
After David Bolling called me late last Friday night about writing this column, I was definitely awake when President Donald Trump launched his war on…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: Affordable Cemetery Housing
On January 29, your correspondent attended a State of the Valley presentation at the Sebastiani Theater in Sonoma, hosted by the Sonoma Valley Chamber of…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun: Jenny, A love story
A Place Beyond Words and Language Jenny died in the fall of 1976. She was my dog. To say I loved that animal doesn’t say…
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Cartoons by Hilary
Cartoon by Hilary: “And this is the building’s coworking space.”
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist, author and humorist. She also happens to have been born and raised right here in Sonoma.
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What's Up With That?
Katy Byrne: Disappearing Relationships
Sometimes not returning a text is so easy. You can tell yourself to let things go and sometimes that’s okay. I mean, it’s a good…
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Community Voices
John Staley: A Decade Without Decadence
By John Staley Sobriety is a pain in the ass – inconvenient in other words. When I decided to quit drinking ten years ago, I…
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Voices of the New Majority
Loretta Carpio-Carr: Happy Autumn!
My neighborhood in Sonoma’s west side has a lot of foot traffic – students walking to and from school, patients going to their medical appointments,…
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Rude Awakenings
Catherine Sevenau: Through Any Given Door – A Family Memoir Prologue
My brother Larry thought Mom was a good mother, but he had a different childhood than we did. My sisters were convinced otherwise: Carleen complained…
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Sonoma Farm Scene
Seth Dolinsky: Friday Farmers Market – Local Food Central
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…
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Personal/Political
Josette Brose-Eichar: How Do We Protect Our Mother?
When we first moved to the Sonoma Valley in 2002, I had a naive view of the town of Sonoma and the valley. I thought…
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Wild Valley
Helen-Teri Shore: Burn Piles or Critter Condos?
What To Do with Burn Piles? Lately I’ve seen burn piles of oak limbs, bay branches, manzanita and tangled grass and leaves in parks and…
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