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April 24, 2025

But I Digress: Happy glass is half-fullidays!

“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

Cannabis comes to the Museum of Sonoma County

Kudos to the Museum of Sonoma County for this summer’s bonanza marijuana exhibit. It’s called “Grass Roots” and it’s subtitled “From Prohibition to Prescription.”

Someday We’ll Laugh About This … Right? And we’re off

We are just over a week into summer break, and we’ve tackled quite a few items from Thomas’ Summer List.

Sonoma County’s divided rooms

Most large meetings on Sonoma County business or government topics are attended by mostly older people who are predominantly white.

Healdsburg Animal Log, animals available for adoption

Looking for a lost pet or a new four-legged friend? See the list of incoming strays and the selection of cats and dogs available for adoption from the Healdsburg Center for Animals.

Wine Words

It is raining, hard, as I write this column. There are no birds on the river’s edge and the oak leaves are blowing with abandon from the nearby trees. Squirrels, who earlier I watched gather acorns in preparation for the storm have retreated into their nests. All seems cozy and well with the world.

Passing along the good stuff by Susan Swartz

One of my favorite summer reads was “Wild,” by Cheryl Strayed which I got from my neighbor, Sally, a dedicated backpacker, who got it from her cousin Caroline who lives on Orcas Island and is an avid hiker. I’m no endurance outdoors woman but I do share Sally’s, and apparently her cousin’s, tastes in books and was indeed fascinated by “Wild’s” fearless trekker.

Be earthquake ready

The Department of Emergency Management presented the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors with a workshop on the threat of earthquakes at Wednesday’s board meeting as part of our ongoing, quarterly series of threat assessments.

Burg Savvy: Sacred space

splash of acacia

Defending our freedom

We join with hundreds of other newspapers of all sizes on this day (Aug. 16, 2018) to denounce President Donald Trump’s dirty war against America’s free press and to declare that we are not the enemy of the people.
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