Decoding Teenagers: How Do You Know?
When I was 16, my parents let me go on a road trip with my best friend and her older sister. Along for the ride were two of her guy friends, amenable to taking turns driving and chaperoning us teenagers. We drove to a Guns’ N Roses concert in L.A., and stayed at my aunt’s house after the concert. This memory sprung back into my subconscious after my own teen daughter asked if she could go on her first road trip to see her first concert. “We will see,” I told her, and then my mind kicked into overdrive.
Newsroom Notebook: Change
It’s a big job, community journalism. It doesn’t pay well; there are long hours and holiday work. For every uplifting story we write about sacrifice, accomplishment and joy, there’s another one about betrayal, conflict and disappointment.
Faith: Sanctuary Church of Windsor has a heart for Christian unity
Several Windsor churches have moved forward in faith through a series of transitions designed to make them stronger and better able to fulfill missions focused on loving God, loving others unconditionally and serving the community.
Wine Words: Now, for the good news
With all that’s going on in our country, it’s time for some good news. We need not look further than in our own backyard. Having recently attended the Sonoma County Winegrowers’ annual meeting, let’s review their elaborate plans for the sustainability revolution they are strategically designing and implementing.
Mark West Compass: Post-fire update
There was a meeting for the Larkfield/Mark West Community, especially for those burned out by the fires, on Wednesday, March 21, and according to Stuart Tiffen, Field Representative for Supervisor Gore, it was the best one yet.
Screenings: Their Finest
In Danish woman director Lone Sherfig’s new film, Their Finest, we watch Mrs. Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) carefully making her way through a rain of dust and over snaking fire hoses on a street where houses were recently transformed into funeral piles of deadly...
Wider doors to Congress
Much is being made about this country’s current political divide and a brewing war of cultures. Much of it is wrong. You might say it is fake news.
Commentary: It’s not enough to rebuild, we have to build
We’re all familiar with the catastrophe of the October fires, and so far, we’ve responded in a way that showed the strength of our community.
California Dreamin’
California has been designated a “golden” place of expansive vistas, dreams and opportunities since at least the original Gold Rush of 1849. Through different eras there have been many different hues and sources of gold that has defined our state with the motto Eureka...
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.