Country Roads: Muted mootness
When disorder rules the world it helps to put more order close by, as in our own domain. “A place for everything and everything in its place” assumes there actually is a place designated for those things that take up room. The problem is one of limitation. Unless we live in a house of cards, where all you do is add another lean-to, we will run out of room if we keep adding items to our store of possessions.
Marching for our babies
Sonoma County is home to just over 25,000 babies, age six and younger. That includes 5,000 babies who were born here last year with almost half (42 percent) being Latino or non-Anglo. Some other babies were brought here last year after being born in other places. Most came with their parents and most, but not all, were “documented.” Some others were adopted and a few were part of very unique stories.
Keeping the Faith: Science versus religion, again
Hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes — our human doings can seem piddling by comparison. So, once again, preachers and other more or less religious types proclaim signs of the end and portents of divine disfavor.
Arts & Entertainment
Dia de Muertos lives on in Healdsburg
At Dia de Muertos—Healdsburg’s most colorful event of the year, recognized Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Plaza—Sonoma County residents showed up to remember loved ones with celebration, costumes, mementos, music and marigolds. It was the tenth local anniversary for the Mesoamerican celebration to honor the recently departed, or those who still live in memory. With a Gallery of images...
