Category Archives: Around Town

I love the dogs who attend this event, both the gargantuan wolfhounds and the slender, elegant lurchers. Zarthustra — or “Z” as we like to call him — is an Irish Wolfhound. Brekkan is a lurcher. Lurchers are mixed breed … Continue reading →

Trebuchet loaded and ready to fire. I think every sixth grader should learn how to build a trebuchet. Think of all the school subjects you could weave in; mathematics, physics, history, woodshop. Plus, after the apocalypse, you’d have someone who … Continue reading →

  God Save the Queen Five things you can do at the Shakespeare festival in Sebastopol, the second weekend of September; 1)pet a lurcher; 2) fire a trebuchet; 3) listen to Elizabethan music, 4) buy stuff; 5) look at a … Continue reading →

On July 6, 2013, Neil Gaiman ventured as far into Northern California as he ever has, as Copperfield’s books scored a major publicity coup by bringing him to Santa Rosa for a signing event. 1200 people packed the Santa Rosa … Continue reading →

The Sonoma County Literary Arts Guild hosts the annual book festival each September. Saturday was the 13th Book Fest. Often it conflicts with my writing group, but not always, and this year it didn’t. They cordon off Mendocino/Santa Rosa Avenue and … Continue reading →

Riskpress Gallery doesn’t stop with paint and ink artworks. They’ve exhibited sculpture, and right now they have a show of handmade books. The August exhibit was a quilt show. Two quilters, one from Petaluma, one from here, displayed. Pauline Pellini … Continue reading →

I plan to take three boxes of craft stuff to Goodwill today; rubber stamps and stamp pads, feathers and felt, heat guns, mask templates, stencils, corn husks, sequins and beads. I also took a tote bag and a box full … Continue reading →

Brandy and Mark opened their door to customers yesterday at 10:00. I got there are about 10:15 and they already had one browser besides me. A minute later a woman came in who said she’s been waiting for them to … Continue reading →

The city council is trying to rescue a grove of virgin redwoods that grows in the center of town – oh, no, wait, that isn’t right. The city council is trying to rescue a series of vernal pools, home to … Continue reading →