Commentary: We are in this together
The week after the fires, when the full catastrophe was evident, I remarked to friends that this event was a game changer and that for our remaining lives, we would mark life in Sonoma County, “before the fire, and after the fire.”
Commentary: We may see changes in 2018
In the Town Council’s last meeting of 2017, the annual residential Growth Report was presented and accepted. The report informed the council that the total number of residential units currently in the “pipeline” included 266 units proposed in the pending Jensen Lane annexation.
We’ll Laugh About This Someday, Right?: Balloons
The other day I saw a woman trying to wrestle a bouquet of balloons into her car. The wind was gusting and the balloons were bouncing and the woman was struggling and I had an epiphany: this is an exact allegory of my life as the year ended.
Keeping the peace
The new year of 2018 tiptoed into Sonoma County early Monday as wisps of winter fog lifted, making way for another splendid day full of yellow sunshine, quiet after-holiday echoes and friendly waves to neighbors going about their leisure or small chores. De we live in a peaceful paradise, or what?
But I Digress: What’s new with you?
Everyone gets so excited about a new year, but really is all that pep, vigor and exhilaration (I got a new thesaurus for Christmas!) justified?
Cannabis Country: The future is here and now
Here, in a nutshell, is 2018. The cultivation of cannabis and the manufacture of cannabis products will become legal, but only for those with permits from local government and licenses from Sacramento.
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...
