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Pigs are smart. These two came in from the rain this week. In warmer weather they roll in the mud. Oh, that loving-the-mud thing? It’s not because they like to be dirty. It’s to prevent sunburn and cool themselves.

Are you a change agent? Can you envision a community’s successful future and take the actions needed to create it? If so, you might be thinking of stepping up in a big way – by running for Windsor Town Council.

There are certain times of the year here in Sonoma County when you feel compelled to, you really must, work with certain foods. It is almost criminal not to, because they grow so beautifully, and most of all they taste out of this world.

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One of my favorite things about working with preschool-aged children is watching their minds work and grow. They are constantly absorbing information, adding to their files, observing and cataloging. I love meeting them where they are and then giving them one more piece to add to their knowledge—a new bit of vocabulary, an expansion of an idea, a question to get them pondering. But even more than that, I love how they surprise me and tickle my funny bone, just by being themselves.

'There’s a magic hour on Saturday mornings when the sun hasn’t quite burned through the morning mist and the scent of basil floats on the breeze. It’s in that moment—coffee in one hand, tote bag in the other—that Healdsburg wakes up..." Meet our new columnist, Liza Gershman.

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