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September 14, 2025

It Takes Brains, Courage & Heart

You can’t get any more familiar than The Wizard of Oz. Who hasn’t seen the classic 1939 film a couple of dozen times? See it again at the Raven, this weekend and next.

REMEMBERED

Wheel of Light: January 2013

After several years of extreme and often painful changes, things seem to be settling down. At least in the sense that no significant planetary changes are going to take place this year. The only outer planet that is changing signs this year is Jupiter when it makes its annual transit into a new sign, entering Cancer on June 25. Otherwise, we will continue to deal with the major transits involving Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

Sonoma Wine Country Senior Games Where athletes are only as old as they feel

Athletes between the ages of 50 and 90 are gearing up for the third annual Sonoma Wine Country Senior Games, a 10-day event complete with competition, camaraderie, health screenings, and other social happenings – some sport-specific and some that bring food and wine to table.  

Propositions await voters’ decision

Voters will be asked to pass judgement on 10 state propositions this November that range from funding eduction, to abolishing the death penalty to labeling food.

The Buzzz Box

Conjectures, Etceteras

Seizing plastic from trees County eyes restricting single use bags

A white plastic bag decorates a bare willow branch where I live beside the Russian River. On sunny winter mornings the plastic stands out as an odd white smear against a background of green redwoods and dormant grey willows.

The Ramble gets back with Ziggy Marley

Kelly and Noah Dorrance at the 2024 BloodRoot Ramble
It ain’t BottleRock, and that’s a good thing. Although the Napa-based music festival shares the same initials as Healdsburg’s BloodRoot, one won’t find miles-long traffic jams, $250 tickets or caviar corndogs here—nor is one likely to find stars like Justin Timberlake, Green Day or Public Enemy. But BloodRoot has plenty of talent taking the stage: four bands over an eight-hour day of music, including one certified international star, Ziggy Marley.

WHEEL OF LIGHT

In the course of any 12 month period, there are times when the

ASK DR. SHIROKO: Sleep

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