Letter from the Editor
David Bolling: Running Past Ignorant Hatred
I’m in the habit of taking Albus the dog on a two or three-mile run through the mostly deserted and incrementally disintegrating campus of the…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: Song of the Lark
In his 1907 book Creative Evolution, philosopher-scientist Henri Bergson describes an impulse of becoming, a universal force that underlies the existence of matter and animates…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: Losing Michael Muscardini, The Mill on ‘Check Please,’ Dead Letter Opens, SCC Muse Gala, Big 3 Art Gallery, New Hours- Chef-and-Menu at Mayo
The Mill on Check, Please! TONIGHT At last it’s happening! Dana Jaffe and Sanjeev Kumar’s five-plus years of extremely hard work at their Glen Ellen…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: What the ****?? And Other Blasphemies, Obscenities And Potty Talk
Because few have time to ponder the imponderables one encounters daily, your correspondent ponders in the public’s interest. Recently pondered was the increasingly pervasive use…
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Wide Open Field
Steven Serafini: Bob Geiger: Doctor, Sports Sage, Friend
When I found out on May 28 that 95-year-old Dr. Bob Geiger had passed away, a wave of sadness, nostalgia and gratitude washed over me.…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun: The Myth of “Sustainability” Part 2
Water and Economic Sustainability Then there’s sustainability in an economic context. Presently, Sonoma County’s economy is both dependent on, and intertwined with, wine grape farming…
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Cartoons by Hilary
Cartoon By Hilary – July 2, 2026
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist, humorist and author who just happens to have been born and raised right here in Sonoma.
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What's Up With That?
Katy Byrne: I Found The Lost Sock!
One of my last columns got a lot more response than usual. I suppose everyone related to the topic of lost socks in the dryer.…
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Community Voices
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…
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Voices of the New Majority
Loretta Carpio Carr: An Emerging Young Voice in Politics
With the upcoming Governor’s election in California, I watch with curiosity who will vote and who they will vote for. California’s population is comparatively young,…
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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: I Don’t Wish Them Dead
Recently I read these words: “Our posture is as important, if not more, than our position. We aim to be kind to everyone, even if…
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Wild Valley
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…
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