Sonoma County has failed the marijuana experiment
In November 2016, Sebastopol lawyer, Omar Figueroa, told me that Proposition 64, which had just been approved by California voters, was “a travesty of marijuana legalization.”
Senior Center Connections: International Active Aging Week
Oct. 1 marks the Day of the Older Person and the kick-off of a weeklong International Active Aging Week celebration.
Healdsburg’s population of persons over age 55 is 28.9%, and this trend continues to expand and. People over age 55 are expected to be one-third...
Snapshot: Art Trails and de Young Open
For the second time in three years the de Young Museum is holding the de Young Open, a juried show for community area artists. First held in 2020, this year’s Open features artists from nine counties in the Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,...
Turkey talk
Thanksgiving and other holidays that are centered around a table full of family, friends and festive foods are a most welcome time for sociable conversations. And, boy, could we all use plenty of that right now. We have lots of catching up to do with post-fire and post-outage and pre-holidays. We don’t suppose everyone could leave their smart phones behind and drop any impulses to interject political chatter at the holiday table, could we?
Main Street: Minority
I can’t stand the word “minority.” My big Webster’s dictionary (remember heavy books called dictionaries?) has a variety of definitions and they all amount to: “less than.” That really bugs me < “less than.”
In the common parlance, minority refers to a group of people...
Neighbors: Suki McCoy
Dog owners encounter likeminded folks in this dog-friendly town, and thus I met Suki right on my block as she walked her poodles while carrying a two-pound Chihuahua in a sling ‘round her neck. During that brief conversation I became anxious to learn more.
