Main Street: Minority
I can’t stand the word “minority.” My big Webster’s dictionary (remember heavy books called dictionaries?) has a variety of definitions and they all amount to: “less than.” That really bugs me < “less than.”
In the common parlance, minority refers to a group of people...
Snapshot: ‘T’ That Rhymes With ‘P’ That Stands for ‘Pool’
The game of pocket billiards started in France. Louis XI had the first table built in 1496. It was an indoor version of croquet, also a French game. Dubbed the “Sport of Kings” when embraced by French aristocrats in the 1600s, its popularity spread as billiard tables became standard fixtures in French cafés in the 1800s.
2020 Doctor’s View
Twenty years ago, December 1999, I asked my fellow physicians in Healdsburg what they thought were the major medical advances of the twentieth century. Their responses were extensively covered in the Healdsburg Tribune.
Arts & Entertainment
Local ‘rock star’ on art tour
For Alexander Valley sculptor T Barny, it’s about more than just about the stone. “It’s a way scientists or astronomers envision the universe as being infinite, but finite,” he says. “It just keeps going, keeps going, keeps going.” The concepts of art and topology animate him.
