Decoding Teenagers: Mother’s Day
Happy belated Mother’s Day to all you moms out there. I hope your day was filled with love and laughter. It’s truly a day to admire your children and be proud of all the work you do on a daily basis. As moms we wear many hats. My hats range from nurse, to psychologist, chef, confidant and personal assistant to name a few. Children, especially teenagers, don’t really understand all that motherhood entails. As you know, it’s the hardest job in the world. On Sunday, I officially took the day off.
Ready to go?
Soon it will be time to congratulate the Class of 2017, the older teenagers who will be completing their high school careers and preparing for college, technical training, work careers, travel and entry into adulthood.
Screenings: Their Finest
In Danish woman director Lone Sherfig’s new film, Their Finest, we watch Mrs. Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) carefully making her way through a rain of dust and over snaking fire hoses on a street where houses were recently transformed into funeral piles of deadly...
Tech Corner
Q) I keep getting emails with links to YouTube videos from my friends. They sometimes say that I should watch the video in full screen. What is that and how do I do it?
A) Good questions. Here’s the scoop. In any YouTube video there...
Wine Words: End of an Era
After 21 harvests, Hank and Maggie Skewis are closing Skewis Wines to explore life in different ways while still young enough to travel. I visited the Healdsburg tasting room of my friends last weekend to purchase wine for the last time.
As I tasted through...
Letters to the Editor
See a long dialogue in letters about solutions to homelessness in Guerneville HERE.
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...






















