A&E

When I was tapped last year to head up the Teen Poetry Slam at the Sonoma County Book Festival, I said yes – but I needed a crash course in slam. Asking around, one name kept popping up. “You need to talk to Brianna Sage.”

This month five planets, including the Sun and Moon, will transit through the sign Scorpio. One of the most complex and intense of the 12 signs, Scorpio tends to get a lot of bad press. It’s not that what most people think about Scorpio is wrong. It’s more that there is little understanding about its nature. Each of the signs contributes something vitally significant to the human experience. What Scorpio contributes is the process of transformation and, through it, an understanding of eternal life.

I recently returned from my annual migration up to the Lower Klamath River.  Much like the salmon themselves I have been returning to the river year after year despite the gauntlet of obstacles placed in my way. Whether it was the downturn in the economy or family pressures to stay home, I always managed at least a few days on the river every September.

Let’s talk about sex... and aging

Blame Sally is a San Francisco folk-rock quartet with an attitude, combining acoustic textures with Americana harmonies and an independent spirit. In 2011, Blame Sally rose from “Bay Area phenom” (Santa Cruz Sentinel) to “a remarkable success story” (San Luis Obispo New Times) with the release of “Speeding Ticket and A Valentine,” which won Alternate Root Magazine’s People’s Choice Award for “Best Album of the Year.” The CD’s “sensual vocal blend and ... agile instrumental prowess” (Blurt) earned them two sold-out shows at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, NPR’s Song of the Day and an appearance with John Oates on Mountain Stage.  

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