Country Roads: Fat trees and spiral loops
Clear communication is the key to precise understanding. Well, sort of. Last week at market amongst the charred redwoods that once provided a bit of a sound and visual barrier between Highway 101 and LBC parking lot, my market neighbor and I had a conversation about iPhones and their electronic relatives.
Flashbacks: A look back at local history
The following snippets of history are drawn from the pages of the Healdsburg Tribune, the Healdsburg Enterprise and the Sotoyome Scimitar, and are prepared by the volunteers at the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society. Admission is always free at the museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Someday We’ll Laugh About This … Right? The Joke Lady is back
The recent extreme cold weather has had one lovely result for me: I have reprised my role as the Joke Lady at Mattie Washburn School! Well, okay, for two classes …
Decoding Teenagers: Heartbreak 101
When I was a teenager, my dad would always wait up for me if I went out at night on the weekends. Without fail, he would be watching TV and the second he heard my key in the lock he would spring up from his chair and say goodnight.
We love letters
Everybody likes to yell at their TVs when the news comes on in the evening, and people can’t help bashing the news sources they disagree with the most. Either you like CNN and The New York Times or you are a FOX follower and are convinced The Washington Post is full of “fake news.”
Market Report: December
The Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market ended for the season Nov. 25, but I thought I’d write one more column to close out the season, and then will take a break until April, a month before we open for 2018.
Keeping the Faith: The least and the most
Years ago, a few weeks before Christmas, our friend and neighbor Jessie King rose up in church and appealed for us to bring shoeboxes filled with combs and hair brushes and little toys for the severely handicapped children in the state hospital near Glen Ellen. She said many of these children are all but forgotten and never receive Christmas presents. She said she would like the gifts placed on the communion table so they could be blessed before she took them to the hospital.
Tech Corner: Backing up your data
This month, with the fires behind us, I’d like to talk a little about backing up your data.
Humanity First: Shop local, with a conscience
The holiday shopping season is here, and the best gift you can give merchants is to shop in Healdsburg.
Arts & Entertainment
‘Angels’ lands at Raven Performing Arts
:Every Sunday matinee we do a post-show discussion with the audience, so they get a chance to make comments and ask questions of the actors. We saw there were a lot of people who were quite moved and quite touched by the play. So the opening weekend could not have gone better, as far as I’m concerned," said director Steven David Martin.
