Shakespeare in Pronouns
The world’s most popular playwright brings another show to Healdsburg this month—a four-week run of Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare.
The comedy is one of several of Shakespeare’s that includes gender-shifting characters, which adds both to the comedy and the modernity of the play. The...
Think Small
For those of us in Northern California, some days it seems the world is going to hell in an organic, fair trade, artisanally-woven handbasket. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed.
Here’s a thought: Our accumulated, collective actions are meaningful on both a micro...
An Ode to Bookstores
When we were in New Mexico at our land this summer, we couldn’t locate one of the corner property stakes – until an old New Mexico rancher used divining rods to dowse out the exact spot, buried in dirt beneath the mesquite.
Pixar’s The Incredibles 2
The man who services our water softener admits “I’m not into kid movies...but Incredibles 2 is something else.” He’s spot on. Director/animator Brad Bird and everyone else involved in this stunner from Pixar knows that “It’s the story, stupid,” and they spent years getting it right. Building on the Mr. Mom concept, Elastigirl (Helen Hunt) takes a new job, so Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) must assume the Super Dad persona and cope with the 24-7 challenges of caring for 8th-grade daughter, Violet (Sarah Vowell) faster-than-a-speeding-bullet son, Flash (Huck Milner), and the fire-flaming, laser-vision, disappearing baby, Jack-Jack (Eli Fucile, Maeve Andrews) who defies the laws of physics.
THE FISHING REPORT: Salmon season opens this weekend – by Hunt Conrad
Season openers are always a great source of optimism but there is no greater fishing opener than the ocean salmon season. This year’s ocean salmon season opener is being met with higher than normal expectations because of the tremendously high projection by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council for the amount of Salmon that are swimming in our oceans. This was based on the higher than normal jack (juvenile salmon) returns to the rivers last fall. Many in the know are cautiously optimistic because their projections have been known to be wildly inaccurate. But to most, any good news is welcome especially regarding the health of our fisheries and is cause for optimism.
VITAL LIVING: The 10 Best ___________________
Why is it that every other article you see is entitled, ‘The 10 Best ______(fill in the blank) beaches, foods for a smaller waistline, ways to improve your libido, restaurants in the bay area, etc.? Simply put because we’re tired and we don’t want to think anymore. Just point me to the best beach and I’m there. You do the research (thanks) and I’ll be there, I’ll do that.