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At the age of 22, I didn’t drink alcohol or smoke marijuana, either. I didn’t know anything about pot, though I assumed it was a dangerous drug that would damage my brain. As a student I didn’t want to fry my precious brain cells.

100 years ago - November 15 1917

The culture in Sonoma County agriculture is how Jessica Felix described the music we were about to hear for the 20th anniversary Healdsburg Jazz Festival. She then introduced Bill Frisell and Julian Lage.

100 years ago – January 23, 1919

It goes without saying that plants are some of the most beautiful and important organisms we have on our planet. As a child I was always interested in the world of plants. A world seemingly so familiar yet so estranged from common understanding. As kids we run barefoot and play on the soft grass, take refuge under the shade a tree provides amidst a hot California day, and take a deep breath of the fresh air the leaves so selflessly gift to us. All while the plants remain sessile, unassuming and ask nothing of us. 

I’ve never been much of a fan of reality TV. But now that there is a new show called “The White House,” I find myself becoming one of those people who stop to watch a car wreck.

Squirrels are chattering, acorns are rattling off roofs. It’s autumn. Send your autumnal news to IDlewood 3…” at [email protected]. “Hedda Healdsburg” wants to know all.