Someday We’ll Laugh About This . . . Right? Santa Claus is alive and well…
Each year, I help my father-in-law with his Christmas card and letter. He has me take a picture of him (and of his cat) and we create a card online. He’s straightforward about what he likes, so the experience is quick and painless. He then gives me a summary of the year — projects he’s undertaken, trips he’s taken, milestones met — and I write a short letter to friends and family on his behalf.
Letters to the Editor, Feb. 22
"Following the informal community meeting with Vertice Hospitality (SingleThread) at the film center on Feb. 7. concerning the group’s proposed uses for the former Raven Film Center and 150 North St., I wanted to express a few thoughts...."
Community Corner
Ongoing through January 3 – Winter Classes for kids at Schulz Museum, cooking, science, art, animation. 284-1263. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. www.SchulzMuseum.org.
Keeping the Faith: Science versus religion, again
Hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes — our human doings can seem piddling by comparison. So, once again, preachers and other more or less religious types proclaim signs of the end and portents of divine disfavor.
Someday we’ll laugh about this . . .right? In a word – perfect!
My amazing, wonderful, and adorable mother-in-law turns 80 this week.
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...

















