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Season’s greetings from the Healdsburg Library. We have a lot going on at the library right now and are pleased to offer a few fun opportunities:

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.

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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.

Community hoops game Dec. 22

Ed foundation scholarship applications open

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 …

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.

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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.”