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October 8, 2025

Our Christmas blessings

Merry Christmas to everyone. We all have so much to be thankful for and we welcome this special time of the year to remind ourselves and each other of the many joys, comforts and hopes we share in our  daily, but oh so busy, lives.

Off the Top of My Head: It is okay to do nothing

I am stressed. I still have my job and for ten years I have been working from home. I cannot imagine how much more stressful this current situation would be if I had no income or were new to working from home. I have Medicare. It must be very stressful for those whose healthcare was tied to a job they no longer have. I am grateful. I have so much more than many. Yet, I am still stressed.

‘There might be a red flag warning next week’

This unsurprising announcement issued forth from my son, Martin, when we crossed paths in the shop this morning.

Flashbacks: A look back on local history

100 years ago – August 8, 1918

Idlewood 3 … Momentous March

After a soaking, blustery February, March trundled in like mild lamb. Does that mean it will roar out like a lion? Umbrellas or parasols in our future? Email your budding news items to IDlewood 3…” at [email protected]. Idlewood was the original telephone exchange for...

Idlewood 3: New year news

Happy New Year, fellow Healdsburgers. Mother Nature threw quite the party this January. Please send your news items (waterlogged or not) to IDlewood 3…” at [email protected]. Idlewood was the original telephone exchange for Healdsburg. Now, “Hedda Healdsburg” wants to know all!

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Community Corner

Presents Project 2013 Adopt-a Family benefits local families in need. Groups, businesses, employee groups, and individuals can adopt-a family by purchasing gifts for each family member based on his or her age and holiday wish list. Presents Project connects you with a family. Or you can contribute cash to the Presents Project to help them reach every family in need. Call Beth DeCoss at 433-2721 or email her at [email protected] to get more information and to help.

Newsroom Notebook: Working from home

Media workers are considered essential, but since the shelter-in-place order we here at Sonoma West Publishers have been largely working from home. Each of the members of our editorial staff is sharing their work at home space with our readers as we navigate doing all of our work remotely. If you want photos of our spaces, check out our Instagram page at instagram.com/thewindsortimes.

Season for shopping

The holiday season surrounding Christmas is full of our most enduring traditions. We confirm our beliefs and values with traditions like community tree lighting ceremonies and Santa Claus parades. We pass on customs from generation to generation such as holiday cookie recipes, outdoor house decorations and ugly sweaters. Christmas holiday traditions bring us comfort and sureness in a world that often offers the opposite..
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Arts & Entertainment

Board members at True West

More than a movie theater …

Not all the magic will be on the screen when the True West Film Center opens later this month. Here are some photos from a preview tour on Sept. 25...