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During 2020 and the pandemic, cocktail books flew off the shelves. Books like Death & Co. Modern Classic Cocktails; The PDT Cocktail Book: The Complete Bartenders Guide; Spirits and Cocktails from Around the World; and Artisanal Cocktails - Seasonal Drinks Inspired by the Bar at Cyrus by Healdsburg’s own famous cocktail baller, Scott Beattie, experienced a significant uptick in sales.

It’s nice to be back writing my greatly anticipated (I’m sure) golf column for the Windsor Times. I haven’t been playing golf yet but I’m cautiously optimistic that I’ll be hitting more golf balls on the driving range and even playing holes on the Windsor Golf Course soon. For those of you who don’t know my story I’m happy to give you the short version.

I’m excited to write this article. Though it’s the end of the year, this story is about a new beginning for the Mark West schools. All the schools want everyone to know that Mark West Union School District is alive and well and waiting for the new group of kids to register for kindergarten.

If you are reading this newspaper in its original paper and ink version, then you’re on the right track. But, if you’re reading it on a phone or computer screen, then you’re already missing out on something big. Over different 24-hour periods this week,...

In writing this, it is much like crying out for help. Four of the five Windsor Council Members voted to mandate all new residential homes, single and multifamily, built after 2020 be all electric, prohibiting natural gas infrastructure. It is referred to as the Reach Code.

When my younger sister was 16 she decided that she wanted to go to Juilliard. I remember her announcing it one night at dinner and I’ll never forget the deer in headlights reaction that both of my parents had. Her revelation had them both stammering, unsure of what to say. I guess if one of my teenagers declared their desire to go to Stanford my husband and I would feel the same way; speechless.

Sitting at a table with wine, food, family and friends was where Kathleen Kelley Young was truly happy. I think of the last project into which she poured herself collaborating with her husband and daughter establishing their Cloverdale Kelley & Young Wine Garden Inn. Early on she described the endeavor as sustainably farmed, passionately prepared, gratefully shared. It is the ‘gratefully shared’ part I hold on to now, as I remember Kathleen who died early last week.