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Marin County Free Library Solves a 48-Year Mystery
Stephanie Hartwell-Mandella was taken aback recently when she was checking messages on behalf of the Marin County Free Library’s Corte Madera...
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Open Mic: Some Poems Are Bad
"Some Poems Are Bad" by Saundra Rae Davies
This poem is bad
It’s not sad
Cause...
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Open Mic: Sorry Siri
Siri, who some call Alexa, is the robotic lady who lives in my phone. She professes to have the...
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The Other Me
The Mayan expression, “In Lak’ech” translates as, “You are the other me.” Our humanity is shared, our Source the...
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Open Mic: Rethinking Halloween
I’ve long been disturbed by Halloween, and here we are again. Money spent on lights, plastic...
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What Farmers Really Think About Measure P
When Sonya Perrotti, owner of Coyote Family Farm in Penngrove, saw big signs lining nearby roads that read Farmers...
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Open Mic: Sonoma County Defies State Wildfire Safety Standards
by Marylee Guinon, Craig S. Harrison and Deborah A. Eppstein
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Open Mic: The Wrong Dam Way
Climate change is real, and now. In California, every year this century was hotter than last...
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The Other Election
Cristóbal Dahm Moreno was born and raised in Chile. He lives and works in Sonoma County, and, while he’s...