Flashbacks Healdsburg
100 years ago – July 19, 1923
Ball Fans ‘Kick’ Against Aviators
Many complaints have been made by spectators attending the baseball games against the airplanes which, almost every Sunday, do flying tricks over the crowded grandstand and bleachers.
During the Napa game a plane swooped down...
Natives and immigrants
As our nation just completed its 115th Congressional election with almost 120 million people voting amid thunderbolt issues such as immigration, national security and voter suppression, we took special notice of the unique viewpoint shared by a very small cohort — the continent’s Native Americans.
The Great Fires of 2017
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. —William Wordsworth
Someday we’ll laugh about this . . . right? This is going to take awhile…
I have mentioned before that I am taking classes at the Junior College.
It is taking a long time, because I am taking one class a semester, but eventually I will have a certificate showing that I am proficient to be an office assistant. Some...
Someday We’ll Laugh About This … Right? Tar-jhay for the valet
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend an event put on by a group from San Francisco that had raised money for my son’s school. The group – the Young Presidents Organization – had heard about Anova’s school building burning down in the Tubbs fire, and they wanted to do something to help the staff and students in the recovery process.
Someday We’ll Laugh About This … Right? The Joke Lady is back
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 …
From the Library
With every month comes a multitude of activities in your public library, along with occasional challenges. Such was the case in March with the news that our event featuring author/illustrator Todd Parr would need to be rescheduled. Todd had unexpected family business to attend...
Letters to the Editor, Aug. 4
HEALDSBURG TRIBUNE Readers weight in on local developments, from the Raven Film Center to the Roundabout. Add your voice by sending email to editor@healdsburgtribune.com.
Arts & Entertainment
Return to the Russian River
When Jake Messing stood in front of the mural he had just completed for Russian Riverkeeper on the north side of the nonprofit’s headquarters at 139 Healdsburg Ave., he had finished more than another mural. He had made a return to the source from the sea himself, like the salmon he portrayed.




















