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Volunteers needed at hospital

It’s the time of the year to roll out the red carpets and go gaga over the parade of celebrities in gowns, glitter, ruffled tuxes and tattoo-revealing wardrobes. The music world’s Grammy awards were handed out this past weekend and the movies’ Academy Awards will take place on March 4.

I never thanked my mother for teaching me to read.

Last year was a rough year for so many reasons. Wildfires, floods, a new administration defined by turmoil and greed; you’ve got the gist. It was a year in which much was lost and hearts were broken. So let’s begin 2018 with renewed hope and a discussion of what wines pair best with broken hearts.

One-room schoolhouses were standard around the turn of the century. The Felta School was built in 1906. There were reportedly 132 other one-room schoolhouses in Sonoma County at that time.

Endorsement sentiments

Voters have spoken

If you drive on Arata, you’ve probably noticed the field full of chickens. They are in a smaller, fenced pen that is rotated to different spots, and when they are near the road you can see them up close, wandering around, pecking at food and doing other chicken things. I always look for the big off-white dog that guards them—sometimes while dozing in the sun or in the shade, depending on the time of year—and it makes me happy to live in a place where we can enjoy such bucolic scenes.