Off the Top of My Head: There is an upside to the coronavirus
These are strange times. Isn’t this weird? Wow, never experienced this before. Just about everyone I’ve met recently has started the conversation with something similar. It’s understandable, no one really knows what to say because none of us really knows what to expect.
This Week in H’burg: Ice cream
This Week in H’burg is a weekly column featuring photos and fun facts from local photographer Pierre Ratté. Each week we’ll feature a new photo from Ratté along with a fact about the subject matter of the photo.
Faith: Members of Windsor’s oldest church committed to open door policy
Windsor Presbyterian Church members share a commitment as part of a congregation known for its reputation as an accepting community of faith that welcomes everyone coming through its doors.
Community Corner
Ongoing through January 3 – Winter Classes for kids at Schulz Museum, cooking, science, art, animation. 284-1263. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. www.SchulzMuseum.org.
Cultivating Community
It’s Christmastime in California. You can tell by all the potted poinsettias popping up around grocery store doors. The holiday’s standard bloomer is actually a tropical plant that originated in Mexico and Guatemala. It was introÂduced to the United States by diplomat Joel Roberts Poinsett, appointed in 1825 as the first U.S. Envoy to Mexico. In addition to being a diplomat, Poinsett was also a physician and an
Market Report: November
Last month I wrote my column a week before our beautiful county went up in flames. I went on about fall and pumpkins, excited about the festival, craft market and the upcoming remainder of the season. Little could any of us have known what Mother Nature had in store for us. I know many suffered losses, great and small, and my heart goes out to all who were impacted. This was a tragedy like no other in our history, and will affect us for a long time to come.
Blind faith, blind government
The next big election day is less than 100 days away and it is raising all kinds of fears that, once again, us voters and taxpayers will be asked all the wrong questions and almost none of the right ones.
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...

















