Flooded Waterways, Snow Covered Highways
Rainstorms in Sonoma usually mean snowstorms in Tahoe. As of Jan. 10, snowpack in the Sierra is 214% of normal, according to the California...
If the Rain Comes, They Run and Hide Their Heads
In February 2019, Healdsburg got 20.8 inches of rain in 48 hours, causing flooding of the Russian River, shown in the left picture.
Flood waters...
Italy’s Famous Christmas Cake
Panettone is another one of Italy’s culinary gifts to the world. It’s a brioche-like cake filled with raisins and candied fruits, traditionally enjoyed over...
All Trucks, Great and Small
Imagine a small kid, five years old, getting a Tonka truck for Christmas. Imagine later that kid playing with a dad who has slightly...
Christmas Lights in the Sky
The picture above is a full arcing rainbow, portrayed in last week’s Photo of the Week dropping behind vineyards and trees, as if painted...
Artist’s Arresting Light
Four times in the past week. That’s the number of times people pulled over to the side of the road because something fantastic was...
A Tale of Two Trees
Back in the ‘Burg. Here’s the Plaza’s beautifully decorated tree. And here’s another digital tree, beautiful in its simplicity at Healdsburg Community Church.
The Plaza’s...
Luminous Season
Once upon a time, real trees were cut for warmth, shipbuilding, utensil making and various sundry things. And once upon a time not so...
Thanksgiving’s Bounty
Since Thanksgiving Day 1621, 401 years later there is much for which to be thankful. When sitting down this Thanksgiving, one should take a...
Porsche Seen About Town Defies the Odds
Dang. What in the barnyard-livin’, truck-drivin’, T-shirt-wearin’, country-croonin’, cuzzin-cussin’, doggone tarnation is this? Photo of the week? Could be photo of the year, don’t...
