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I appreciate it

April 17, 2013

It was one of those great Sonoma County spring mornings. Sun shining, wind blowing. Pollen – and hope – in the air. I walked out on my veranda overlooking the nine-hole golf course I recently completed. I relaxed, with mimosa in hand, while watching the kids frolic on the water slide they crafted for a science fair project at school (using only recycled water from our indoor waterfall) and smiled knowing that my family is set financially for the rest of our lives, and my children will be attending the finest colleges in the land with perhaps some overseas study to broaden their understanding and appreciation of different cultures.

CalFire contains vegetation fire near Guerneville

September 3, 2021

Firefighters contained a small vegetation fire dubbed the Neeley Fire near Guerneville Thursday evening, Sept. 2.

Sonoma County Bluegrass Festival set to bloom again this spring

February 26, 2018

Early every spring in Sonoma County, just after the yellow mustard blooms in vineyard rows, but before the snowy white apple blossoms of April, rises the hand-picked sounds of acoustic folk and bluegrass music along the Laguna de Santa Rosa at the annual Sonoma County Bluegrass and Folk Festival.