Letter from the Editor
David Bolling: My Journey Together With Trump
Fighting Communism and the First Amendment I have a painful confession. Donald Trump and I are buddies. He tells me so repeatedly. In fact he…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: Growing Thinner
It’s a bit oxymoronic, “growing thinner.” We think of growth when something gets bigger, not smaller, but that’s what’s happening to me. I’m growing thinner.…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: Missing Sam Sebastiani, girl & fig News, Lobster Sale, SCC Cooking Classes, Verano Café, Ladies at Lunch
We never thought Sam Sebastiani would leave us – and Sonoma. But he has, and not exactly by choice, at age 85. His fine reputation…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: New Year’s Resolutions
Become a Brain Surgeon or Drink Less Wine? It’s not too early to point out that this year will be over any minute now, and…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun: The Times We’re Living In
What I’d like to know is how to live in this time and place in our country. What to do or not do? How to…
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Cartoons by Hilary
Cartoon by Hilary
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma.
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What's Up With That?
Katy Byrne: No More Donuts?
It was a magical night on the Sonoma square at the last farmers market. Light rainy drizzle didn’t discourage anyone. The night sky was lit…
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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: Sonoma County’s Crop Bounty
Sonoma County, our beloved home, and the governing organizational structure within which our even more beloved Valley is encompassed, is an agricultural powerhouse. The climate,…
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Personal/Political
Josette Brose-Eichar: How Do You Define Savvy?
Savvy sav’e, adjective. Well informed and perceptive; shrewd. Knowledgeable or proficient. I read a letter to the editor in the newspaper the other day. The…
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Wild Valley
Teri Shore: Yellowjacket Season…Don’t Swat
Don’t swat. That’s the advice. But when a yellowjacket starts buzzing around like a tiny whirling drone on a mission, all you want to do…
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