A&E

We’ve all heard those scary side effects disclaimers on the prescription drug ads before we manage to push the MUTE button. All too often, the voice casually says something like, “…may result in anxiety, paranoia, amnesia, sleepwalking or death.” All of the above apply to the characters in Steven Soderbergh’s newest (and, he says, possibly his last) film, “Side Effects,” where the master of conspiracy draws quite a bit from the master of suspense in this Hitchcock-styled derivation.

False Spring

February is wild steelhead month in Sonoma County and the annual Wild Steelhead Festival takes place in Healdsburg this Saturday, Feb. 9. “Celebrating the return of steelhead to the Russian River at the Lake Sonoma visitor center, said the Friends of Lake Sonoma, one of the festival’s sponsoring groups.

Low water on the Russian river is making for tougher conditions for local anglers. Many steelheaders have hung up their chest waders, waiting for the next rain fall, which should be the end of this week. Others have decided to enjoy the relative solitude and float sections of the river with little to no company. The guys in the know are getting fish. The guys that are stationary are not.

February 2013

My father Heywood (Beau) Solberg Mansergh died Thursday afternoon under hospice care at my house in Sebastopol. He was over 104-years-old. Here is a grouping of films celebrating his long life.

Who’s got it better than us?