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The updated “plan” for Pt. Reyes is a cynical way to give the 24 ranchers (who were paid for their land over 20 years ago) more latitude to graze even more livestock, to put slaughterhouses on federal land, and to kill native tule elk.

Don’t fall for the National Park Service’s calling these ranches our “cultural heritage,” any more than killing off native people and native species can be called “cultural heritage.” The cattle destroy coastal scrub habitat and pollute the limited water. Veal crates with babies taken from their mothers and piles of old tires are prime features of the dairies.

Please contact Woody Smeck (smeck@nps.gov), our governor, state senators and Jared Huffman (who FAVORS this “plan”) and demand that this disgusting expansion of business rights be scrapped now. We made the oyster people leave. Now make the ranchers do the same.

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Yes, shame on MALT for straying so far from the original intention(“MALTED Millions,” News, Sept. 30); saving these beautiful lands from developers— not enriching themselves!

Especially disappointing to read they refused an easement to support an organic farming project.

Looking forward to reading about “the federal government paying millions of dollars to dairy ranchers who agreed to leave after 25 years, but as of yet are still there.” Thank you for the investigative reporting.

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The Other Election Chile at a crossroads

BY JONAH RASKIN

ristóbal Dahm Moreno was born and raised in Chile. He lives and works in Sonoma County, and, while he’s worked up about the U.S. elections, he’s also worked up about the elections that will take place thousands of miles away in his homeland this October. The South American nation, which runs along a narrow strip of land between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, faces a national plebiscite on Oct. 25, not long before Election Day in the States. At issue: a new constitution that would make the nation more democratic.

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Over the last year, millions of Chileans have taken to the streets of the capital, Santiago, and to the streets of towns and cities all across the country, protesting the policies and actions of President Sebastian Pinera, a right-wing billionaire, who has a popular approval rating of about 10 percent.

Americans might take a special interest in Chile because the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) engineered the overthrow of the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende on 9/11 in 1973. Popular singer, songwriter and political activist, Victor Jara, was arrested and tortured by the military.

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, the 1971 Nobel Prize winner for literature, died under suspicious circumstances on Sept. 23, 1973.

Following his death, thousands of Chileans disobeyed a curfew and gathered in the streets to honor Neruda and his work.

With U.S. help, General Augusto Pinochet was installed as dictator. Under his iron heel, tens of thousands of people were arrested, jailed and tortured. Thousands of Chileans were executed. Trade unions were banned, social security and stateowned enterprises were privatized, newspapers censored and a reign of terror imposed on the nation.

Thousands of Chileans fled. Some of them, including novelist Isabel Allende, who now lives in Marin, created new lives for themselves and helped focus the world’s attention on their homeland. This October, Cristóbal Dahm Moreno and his friends in Northern California will watch the outcome of the Chilean election. It seems likely that the country will reject its authoritarianism. If only that were the case in the United States.

Chile’s history suggests that while dictatorships take terrible tolls on their own citizens, they don’t last forever.

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FIRE SEASON An airplane flies over a Sonoma County vineyard this August.

Fire at the Fork

County pushes its own fire-safety regulations BY WILL CARRUTHERS

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hen he retired in December 2018, Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott went on a short media tour, urging state and local lawmakers to revisit hard conversations about what kinds of housing and commercial development should be allowed in rural, fire-prone areas.

The conversation should go as far as banning all new buildings in fire-prone areas, Pimlott told the Associated Press on Dec. 11, 2018.

“We’ve got to continue to raise the bar on what we’re doing and local landuse planning decisions have to be part of that discussion,” Pimlott said.

Although he didn’t lay out all of those land-use solutions, Pimlott highlighted a crucial pillar of fire prevention and management in an era of Climate Change–fueled fires.

In addition to boosting forest and land management efforts, hiring additional fire fighters and investing in other technologies, California will inevitably need to manage how communities spread into the wildlands.

The land-use discussion is a difficult one to have. After all, in areas where development can attract tax

dollars for local governments, there is always a financial incentive to allow some development, even if it could make wildfires more likely to spread and first responders’ jobs more difficult during wildfires. Currently, about 30 percent of the state’s population lives in the wildland urban interface (WUI), the fire-prone area on the edge of urban areas, according to Reveal News.

Recent fires may have rekindled the conversation around these existential questions. All told, four million acres of California burned this year, a rate which shattered past records. Last week, the Glass Fire, which was partially

contained as of press time, crept quickly across Santa Rosa’s urban boundary, causing law enforcement agencies to evacuate tens of thousands of people.

Sonoma County, in part because it has been impacted by fires more than many other counties with the same population, is viewed as being on the cutting edge of fire response.

But for the past year, county officials have pushed to write their own rules governing road width near developments in fire-prone areas.

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At a Sept. 22 meeting, the Board of Forestry, a state regulatory body in charge of fire safety regulations, sent Sonoma County staff back to answer more questions about the specifics of the county’s proposed ordinance. The County will likely return to the Board of Forestry in the coming months to request approval again.

Fire-Safe Roads The state regulations the county is trying to comply with date back to 1991, when the Board of Forestry passed new road regulations following the Oakland Hills Fire earlier that year.

The regulations, which have been updated periodically since they were passed, specify a variety of building requirements in fire-risk areas, including permitted road width and length based on different kinds of land usages.

County governments may choose to comply directly with the state regulations or write their own regulations, as long as the Board of Forestry rules that the county’s regulations meet or exceed the state regulations. Sonoma County has long had their own regulations but, last year, the Board of Forestry declined to approve the county’s updated rules.

And, although county staff have updated the ordinance several times since November 2019, the Board of Forestry has yet to sign off.

At a Sept. 22 Board of Forestry meeting, state officials considered the county’s latest proposal, which the Board of Supervisors approved in August. Although state officials acknowledged that Sonoma County had gone above and beyond state regulations in some areas, they raised questions about other parts of the proposal.

For instance, board members asked why the county ordinance uses “path of travel” rather than “road,” a term with a more standard legal definition.

Board of Forestry member Darcy Wheeles asked state and county for clarification about how many of Sonoma County’s roads would be

exempted from fire regulations in the county’s latest ordinance.

Defenders and Critics At the Sept. 22 meeting, several cannabis producers and the executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau pushed back on the state regulations. Both groups voiced fears that stricter fire road regulations would prevent them from using agricultural land in the county, although state officials said that agriculture is exempt from the state regulations.

County Supervisors Susan Gorin and Lynda Hopkins both spoke in support of the county’s efforts at writing its own rules. In her comments, Hopkins referenced the county’s efforts to balance other challenges facing the county and state, including homelessness and affordable housing.

“Sonoma County has been creative in problem solving with the Board of Forestry staff to meet the goals of fire safety protections in a manner that protects private property rights and also helps resolve these critical priorities,” Hopkins told the Board at the meeting.

Skeptics of the county’s regulations, many of whom have been following the back-and-forth for over a year, say the county’s regulations do not exceed the state regulations, but are instead an attempt to sidestep state regulations in order to continue development in rural areas.

Teri Shore, director of the North Bay Greenbelt Alliance, wrote in a Sept. 18 letter to the Board of Forestry that the county’s regulations for new developments’ private roads require a 12-foot-wide “path of travel” with 1-foot vegetation clearance on each side, instead of the 20-foot roads now required for the same projects under state regulations.

Craig Harrison, a Bennett Valley resident who told the Board that he was representing 300 residents who “want safe development in our community,” made a similar point.

“This does not meet or exceed the CalFire regulations, nor does it have the same practical effect,” Harrison said of the county’s proposed regulations for private roads.

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Modern Woman

Writer and educator Iris Jamahl Dunkle is best known in the North Bay for her poetry, having served as Poet Laureate of Sonoma County from 2017-2018 and teaching at Napa Valley College. Now, Dunkle shows her skills in nonfiction with a new biography on one of the region’s fiercest women, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer. In writing about the wife of author Jack London, Dunkle exposes how Charmain herself was both a literary and feminist pioneer, and she discusses the book with fellow poet Forrest Gander online via Copperfield’s Books on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7pm. Free. Copperfieldsbooks.com.

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Natural Paths

For 30 years, nonprofit organization Bioneers has supported sociological and scientific innovators working on solutions for the most pressing environmental and social problems facing the planet. The nonprofit annually hosts a conference in Marin, though this year’s event will be held online in December. This week, Bioneers co-founder Nina Simons appears over Zoom for a lecture, “Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature.” Simons will introduce Bioneers’ latest endeavors and speak on issues like racial and gender justice, indiginous cultures, and restoring the ecosystem. Praxis Peace Institute hosts Simons virtually on Friday, Oct. 9, at 4pm. $15-$20. Praxispeace.org.

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Walk For Health

Happening nationwide each year, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.

This year’s planned event in Sonoma and Marin County will not be the large gathering it usually is, but the walk is still on this weekend.

Participants in the Sonoma-Marin Walk to End Alzheimer’s will begin their day with a Virtual Opening Ceremony. Then, individuals and small groups are invited to walk in their own community with the help of a mobile app. Register as a team or an individual; or donate to the event taking place on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10am. Act.alz.org.

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Learn to Heal

When licensed spiritual counselor and teacher Marinda Freeman’s husband unexpectedly died, she began a painful journey through the grieving process. She found healing in her writing, and released her book The Grief Train this past June. Now, Freeman shares her process and leads an exploration of mourning in unprecedented times in an online lecture, “Honoring Grief During an Apocalypse.” Hosted by the Networking Entrepreneurial Women of Marin, Freeman will focus on how the stress of the pandemic and the recent wildfires affects grief, and she offers support and inspiration on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6pm.

Free to NEW of Marin members; $15 public. Newofmarin.com.

VERSATILE VIRTUOSO Green Music Center virtually hosts acoustic and electric guitarist JIJI in an online concert featuring contemporary and classical music on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 3pm. Gmc.sonoma.edu.

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DO NOT ADJUST YOUR PICTURE Fourteen-year-old Petaluma skateboard phenom Minna Stess wows the crowd at the 2019 X Games.

From A to Gen Z North Bay youth are ready to succeed

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ife has not been easy for Generation Z, the title given to the young people born between 1996 and 2015.

They’ve seen fire and rain, for sure, but they’ve also known war, social unrest and the increasingly obvious threat that climate change is about to unleash on them.

Still, according to studies carried out by groups such as the Pew Research Center, Gen Z is already coming out strong. They

are described as pragmatic yet creative; obsessed with social media but also socially active.

They are educated, they are progressive and they are fearless— as highlighted by these three Gen Z members in the North Bay.

The Athlete Fourteen-year-old Mina Stess doesn’t remember a time when she was not skateboarding. The Petaluma native took after her older brother Finley, and she hopped on a board before she was in preschool. When she

BY CHARLIE SWANSON began winning skateboarding competitions in Kindergarten, things got interesting.

“It’s my entire life,” Stess says of skateboarding. “I’ve always been skating and it’s just so fun. I love meeting new people, exploring new things and learning new things.”

“It’s become such a big part of our family,” her father, Andrew Stess, says. “If we wanted to be together as a family we had to go to the skatepark. Minna, even when she was little dragging a board around, she would just smile on the board. That was always a

big thing, seeing her smile. And it’s still a big thing.”

Stess’s passion for skating is matched by her prodigious talent, which is turning heads across the skating world. Her list of competitive accomplishments includes becoming the first female to compete in all three finals (street, mini ramp and bowl) during the King of Groms Championship hosted

by Quicksilver and taking first place at the Northern California Amateur Skateboard League street series at age eight; and taking first

“As a parent, you’re always thankful when you leave the skate park and nobody’s hurt,” Andrew says. “But she just came back so strong from that (injury). She won’t brag about it herself, but to see her go through the injury, find herself and come back even stronger; Moniz and I were proud to watch that.”

Since achieving success even after a major injury, Stess is now more focused than ever on the Olympics and skating as a career.

“Just don’t let any injuries stop you from pursuing what you do,” she says. “They set you back a little bit, but you have to keep going.”

“This is just what we do,” Moniz says. “It sounds insane to other people and all that, but skateboarding has a long history and now it’s becoming more open to the rest of the world, and the opportunities that allow those athletes is really important. I’m happy we have the chance to be a part of it.”

“Moniz and I are more proud of her and Finley as people, as kids, than we are of anything athletic they do,” Andrew says. “But for them to achieve these dreams and be humble and cool; it’s fun to watch.”

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The Activist Fifteen-year-old Sarah Goody is on strike. Specifically, the Corte Madera youth strikes every Friday throughout the Bay Area to bring awareness to climate change and to inspire other young people to take up the cause of confronting and overcoming the challenge that climate change is already presenting.

More than just a weekly outing, Goody has turned her activism into an internationally-recognized movement as the founder of Climate Now, a youth-led, Marinbased nonprofit that has educated over 500 local students about the urgency of the climate crisis.

Climate Now also provides high school environment groups with resources and connections and helps local student organizations fight for composting and recycling programs on their campuses.

Goody’s introduction to climate change came about in a sixthgrade science class.

“It was the first time I felt connected to a social-justice issue and could see its direct effects on my life,” Goody says.

SCHOOL STRIKE 4 CLIMATE Corte Madera teen Sarah Goody first

gained notoriety for her Friday strikes in front of San Francisco City Hall to demand climate action.

From there, she began joining youth-led organizations such as Greening Forward, which took her to a conference in New York City last year. That is where Goody met fellow youth activist Alexandria Villaseñor, who at the time was on her 18th week of striking outside the United Nations as part of the Fridays for Future movement, in which students participate in demonstrations to demand action from political leaders and the fossil-fuel industry to prevent climate change and promote transition to renewable energy.

“I went out and joined her and was so inspired by the message she was able to convey,” Goody says.

“I decided to bring that back to the Bay Area; and began striking

outside San Francisco City Hall and the San Francisco Ferry Building.”

Those early strikes in the city, with Goody standing with a sign reading “School Strike 4 Climate,” attracted a lot of curiosity.

“It was definitely intimidating at first,” she says. “I remember the first day I striked was outside of San Francisco City Hall, I had no idea what I was doing. My dad drove me in because he worked about two blocks away. I sat along the steps, I had police officers come over to me many times asking me what I was doing, it took me a few weeks and months to feel comfortable and grounded in what I was doing.”

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place during the Mystic Skate Cup Ladies Bowl in Prague in 2018.

“I’m kind of used to it now,” Stess says of competing on big stages. “I still feel like I have to do my best and prove myself, even though I’ve proved myself over the years. I still feel like I need to do something to make myself feel accomplished in skating.”

Most recently, Stess made her X Games debut in 2019, and she took third place in the 2019 USA Skateboarding National Championships Women’s Park Finals. Now a bonafide, and sponsored, star in the world of skateboarding, Stress is also a member of USA Skateboarding.

Next on her list of goals is the Olympics, and she was in the running to represent Team USA in skateboarding’s Olympic debut in Tokyo this summer, before Covid19 canceled the games.

“I’m an Olympic hopeful,” Stess says. “But right now everything’s backed up (due to the pandemic).

They only take top three in your gender and discipline. I’m in fourth right now, so I need to make it to third, but I can’t do that when there’s no contest going on.”

While forced to wait for the return of public competitions, Stess is busy starting her freshman year of high school remotely as she attends a special school in the Petaluma school district that caters to young people with unusual obligations. She also stays busy in the family's custommade backyard skate park, where she and her brother practice daily.

“Right now, I’m practicing on going faster,” Stess says. “I actually rolled my ankle a few weeks ago, so I’m just trying to come back from that.”

Injuries come with the territory in skateboarding, especially on the ramps and bowls that Stess maneuvers over while she grinds rails and gets air; and she suffered her biggest injury when she broke and dislocated her elbow in January of 2019. Stess required two surgeries during her rehabilitation.

“I was super impressed with how she went from two surgeries on that elbow, to coming back and doing all those Olympic qualifiers by the end of that season,” her mother, Moniz Franco, says.

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in places like Mill Valley to make her cause more accessible to other local youth. In doing so, Goody recognized a need for more youthled climate initiatives in Marin.

“I saw that there was a way to bring the climate movement to young people across Marin County, and I could do that through Climate Now,” she says.

Goody also recently started an organization called Broadway Speaks Up, where performers from more than 50 Broadway productions share messages about climate action

with young people, and Goody regularly speaks at public events and contributes articles to publications including Teen Vogue and Forbes on the topic of climate activism.

Goody’s work with Climate Now began with monthly meetings for young people in Larkspur and grew into a school-based system that regularly visited classrooms to talk about climate change and explain how students can take action. The organization also works with a coalition of environmental clubs from around Marin County to create

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The Artist Twenty-two-year-old Stav Mcallister belies his youth with his exceptional musicianship and insightful songwriting. The Sebastopol-based artist, who performs under the singular pseudonym Stav, has been on stage for half of his life and has been writing music since high school.

“Music has always been that thing I haven’t been able to not do,” Stav says. “There was always music playing at home or in the car. I always had music and always had that vision that my best friends could all play instruments and we’d all have a band one day.”

This year, even as Covid-19

shut down live music, Stav has remained busy. He just started his first year (remotely) at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where he is adding skills like music theory to his musical repertoire.

“I’d like to get more tools under my belt,” he says. “I’d like to understand music as deeply as I can, and I want to be able to do things like produce my own stuff.

It’s like learning a new language and getting better at a new language so you can better communicate and collaborate with other artists.”

This month, Stav is also busy musically with a live-streaming performance on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 3pm through songkick.com. For that online show, Stav will perform songs off his forthcoming EP, Borders, which is being released via North Bay–based label Love Conquered Records on Oct. 23.

On “Borders,” Stav presents his own freewheeling blend of folkpop melodies, delivered with a sonorous voice. Throughout the record, his lyrical empathy shines through; Stav writes storyteller songs about topics like friendship, social division and addiction.

“I’ve always been an empathetic person,” he says. “I have a hard timeZ—when someone else is feeling something, I have to feel it too, sometimes to a fault. And, yeah I’ve had some stuff happen in my life that is ahead of the game maybe for a typical 22-year-old, but I also have a lot of work to do on myself, too. I hope that never stops.”

One of the things that Stav has struggled with in the last six months is the role of the artist in the face of global events like a pandemic.

“Every time I promote my music, I feel like I’m taking up too much space,” he says. “I am passionate about human rights and equality, and I want to highlight other people’s voices, people who are not as heard in society. That’s a hard line to walk, but I realize that I still do have to pursue my passion. I feel like if I don’t do this, if I don’t do music, then my ripple effect in the world just becomes more negative than positive. So, if anything, me doing this is making me feel that I’ve made some good in the world.”

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a community of climate activists.

During Covid-19, Climate Now has transitioned to online alternatives to in-person action, such as virtual classroom presentations.

“As young people, we’re not taught how to fundraise, do outreach, how to learn more about issues we are passionate about,” Goody says. “We are told that we can’t really make a difference because we don’t have the power to vote or have jobs. What I try to show young people through my work is that we can create that change and it’s up to us to stand up for our climate and take action before it’s too late; before we see the existential threats that climate change is posing. We are already seeing them now with the Northern California wildfires.”

Climate Now is being recognized locally and globally. In January, Goody was awarded the Marin Youth Volunteer of the Year Award. More recently this year, she was recognized with The Diana Award, established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, for her “social action and humanitarian efforts,” and she was honored by Action for Nature (AFN) as a 2020 International Young Eco-Hero.

“As an activist, sometimes you get into this robotic process of doing things, all people can get that way,” Goody says. “So getting this recognition has been a way to reinstate what I’m doing and to reground myself in this work and the values I believe in.”

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CANNABIS

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NEW RIES CATEGO

The Bohemian Best of 2021

Readers Poll

Vote online at bohemian.com (mailed ballots will not be counted)

What makes the North Bay the best place on Earth? Readers like you whose tastes and interests shape our one-of-kind local culture and commerce. You’re part of what makes this place special and we’re grateful for the insights you annually share in The Bohemian’s annual Best Of contest, the longest running such contest in the North Bay. Given the challenges we’ve faced in 2020, this year’s Best Of is even more special, more important to our community. From the best taquerias, barber shops, dentists, brew pubs and everything in between, they all need your support and recognition right now. Help us help them by sharing your favorites. Then leave it to the creative team at the Bohemian to

bundle it up into an experience that we hope will entertain, illuminate and remind us why we’re all here.

Just a couple ground rules: While we continue to celebrate all things indie and local (no chains permitted), we’re allowing votes for businesses that began in the North Bay but have since expanded into other areas, ditto those that have been scooped up by larger companies—so long as you think they’re still cool.

Share what you love in the North Bay by December 15, 2020, and celebrate the best with the Bohemian!

—The Editor

A few online voting rules:

Important! Check one of the following.

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Complete at least 20 votes of the ballot for inclusion in the poll

My selections are for:

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Deadline for online ballots is December 15, 2020

Include your name and a daytime phone number Ballots are confidential, but you may be called to confirm your vote Only 20 ballots per IP address

First Place Winners will be chosen

Bohemian staff members, contributors, advertisers and their families may vote

Art & Culture

Best Art Gallery Best Virtual Ballet Company Best Band Best Virtual Charity Event Best Virtual Comedy Night Best Cover Band Best Virtual Dance Studio Best Virtual Festival Best Virtual Film Festival Best Indy Filmmaker Best Virtual LGBTQ Event Best Maker Event Best Media Personality: TV, Radio, Print Best Movie Theater Best Museum Best Virtual Music Festival Best Music Venue Best Outdoor Art Event Best Virtual Outdoor Music Festival Best Outdoor Music Venue Best Performing Arts Center Best Performing Dance Company Best Photo Services Best Place to Dance Best Virtual Symphony Best Virtual Theater Troupe⁄Performance Best Videographer

Recreation

Best Bike Route/Trail Best Bike Shop Best Virtual Cycling Fundraiser Best Gym

☐ Sonoma County ☐ Napa County Keep your votes to locally born businesses!

Best Health Club Best Hiking Trail Best Horse Back Riding Best Virtual Martial Arts School Best Outdoor Adventure Tour Best Park Best Personal Trainer Best Virtual Pilates Studio Best Skate Shop Best Surf Shop Best Swimming Pool Best Tai Chi⁄Qigong Instructor Best Water Sports Company Best Virtual Yoga Studio Best Yoga Winery Experience

Food & Drink

Best Art Inspired Winery Best Bakery Best Bar Best Bartender Best BBQ Best Beer Label Best Bourbon Best Breakfast Best Brew Pub Best Brunch Best Burger Best Business Lunch Best Butcher Shop Best Cabernet Best Cafe⁄Coffeehouse Best Caterer Best Chardonnay

Best Cheese Shop Best Chef Best Chinese Best Chocolatier Best Cider Best Cocktails Best Covid Carry-Out Restaurant Best Covid Cocktails To-Go Best Covid Downtown Dining Best Craft Beer Selection Best Curbside Service Best Virtual Craft Beer Event Best Craft Canned Beer Best CSA (community supported agriculture) Best Diner Best Dining After 10pm Best Eco-Friendly Winery Best Emerging Winery (less than 1 year) Best Farmers Market (specify location) Best Food Delivery Best Food Producer Best Food Truck Best French Best Fried Chicken Best Fried Chicken Sandwich Best Frozen Yogurt⁄Ice Cream Best Gin Best Gluten-Free Menu Option Best Happy Hour Best Hot Sauce Best Indian (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Italian Best Japanese⁄Sushi

Family Best Animal Adoption Center Best Animal Hospital Best Animal Rescue Group Best Baby Gift Store Best Birthday Party Place Best Children’s Clothing Store Best Children’s Consignment Store Best Children’s Educational Center Best Children’s Indoor Sports Center Best Children’s Museum Best Dog Obedience School Best Dog Park Best Doggie Day Care Best Kennel Best Pet Boutique Best Pet⁄Feed Store Best Private School Best Public School Best Summer Day Camp Best Toy Store Best Veterinary Services

Home Improvement

Best AC⁄Heating Service Best Appliance Store⁄Repair Best Architect Best Carpet Cleaning Best Carpeting⁄Flooring Best Cleaning Service Best Consignment Furniture Best Contractor (Commercial) Best Contractor (Residential) Best Deck Builders Best Demolition Firm Best Electrician Best Emergency Preparedness Service Best Fence Builders Best Green Home Builder Best Hauling Best Home Builder Best Home Developer Best Home Improvement Store Best Interior Designer Best Kitchen⁄Bath Remodeler Best Landscape Design Company Best Landscape Supplier Best Landscaper Best Mortgage Broker Best Moving & Storage Best New Furniture Best Paint Supplier Best Painting Contractor Best Plumbing Company Best Real Estate Agent⁄Firm Best Roofer Best Self-Storage Best Solar Supplier Best Tree Service Best Window Cleaners

Romance

Best Boutique Hotel Best Boudoir⁄Modern Lingerie Shop Best Couples Counseling Best Erotica Store Best Flower Farm Best Luxe Lingerie Shop Best Place for Singles to Meet Best Romantic Dinner Best Sex Therapist Best Staycation Best Wedding Caterer Best Wedding Event Planner Best Wedding Officiant Best Wedding Photographer Best Wedding Reception Venue

Beauty, Health & Wellness

Best Acupuncturist Best Alchohol⁄Drug Rehabilitation Best Allergist Best Assisted Living Facility Best Barber Best Chiropractor Best Day Spa Best Dentist Best Dermatologist Best Endodontist Best ER Doctor Best Esthetic Dentist Best Eye Lash Extensions and⁄or Brow Enhancements Best Family Practitioner Best Full-Service Beauty Salon

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Best Korean Best Latin American Best Local Coffee Roaster Best Locally Made Food Product Best Mediterranean (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Mexican⁄Taqueria (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Micro Distillery Best Microbrew Best New Restaurant Best Outdoor Dining Best Pet-Friendly Winery Best Pinot Noir Best Pizza Best Port Best Ramen Best Restaurant Best Restaurant with a View Best Rosé Wine Best Rum Best Sandwich Shop Best Sausage Maker Best Sauvignon Blanc Best Seafood Best Server⁄Restaurant Best Sommelier Best Sparkling Wine Best Spot to Dine Solo Best Syrah Best Tea Shop⁄Cafe Best Thai (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Vegan Menu Best Vegetarian Best Vietnamese Best Vodka Best Whiskey Best Wine Cave Best Wine Club Best Wine Education Experience Best Wine & Food Experience Best Wine Grower Best Wine Label Best Wine List Best Wine Made From Sustainably Grown Grapes Best Winemaker Best Covid Winery Charity Event Best Covid Winery Event Best Covid Winery Lawn Picnic Best Winetasting Room Best Zinfandel

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Best General Practice Physician Best Hair Salon Best Health Care Clinic Best Heart Surgeon Best Holistic Herbal Shop Best Holistic Practitioner Best Home Health Care Provider Best Internal Medicine Physician Best Laser Surgery Center Best Lasik Eye Surgery Best Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Best Local Hospital Best Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) Best Massage Services Best Midwife Best Nail Services Best Nutritionist Best OB⁄Gyn Best Oncologist Best Ophthalmologist Best Oral Surgeon Best Optometrist Best Orthodontist Best Orthopedic Surgeon Best Pediatrician Best Pharmacy Best Physical Rehabilitation Best Physical Therapist Best Plastic Surgeon Best Psychiatrist Best Psychologist Best Rehabilitation Center Best Skin Care Spa Best Spa⁄Hot Tub Store Best Spray Tan Best Sports Medicine Specialist Best Tele-Health Best Urgent Care Center Best Waxing Studio Best Wellness Retreat

Cannabis

Best Attorney—Cannabis Best Cannabis Body Care Best Virtual Cannabis Event Best Cannabis Delivery Best Cannabis Label Best CBD Product Best Curbside Service Best Edibles Best Hydroponic Supply Store Best Dispensary Best Hemp Farm Best Pipe Shop Best Therapeutic Product

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THANK YOU!

no more so than at Winery Sixteen 600. Thanks to the women and men in the vineyards, the winemakers we work with everyday, and to our most important partners, the people who drink and love our wines.

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The first, “acedia,” comes courtesy of Jonathan L. Zecher, a research fellow at Australian Catholic University, who describes it as “an ancient Greek emotion” that aptly captures the “bored, listless, afraid and uncertain” feelings of our present moment. The second new word is “YAY!” The all-caps exclamation is more than a word, however— it’s a kind of “art of being” that’s been perfected by comedian and author Aidan Park.

BY DAEDALUS HOWELL Naturally, I’ve heard of “Yay” before, but not quite in the way Park uses it—effervescing with ardent, infectious enthusiasm for life that is simultaneously an adjective, noun and art form (take that, Grammarly). His new book, The Art of Being YAY!: The OMG NSFW Memoir and Guide to Authentic Joy, promises and delivers all that, plus much more.

His beginnings weren’t auspicious—Park was basically air-dropped into the U.S. from South Korea as a kid with no English and tons of family dysfunction and facing prejudice galore, not least of which because he’s gay. Since he was undocumented, work was hard to come by and surviving as a sex worker was cut short due to an HIV diagnosis. Instead of despairing, Park threw myself into the world of self-help and cognitive behavior—specifically, neuro-linguistic programming.

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“It’s a really tough time right now, and nobody really talks about emotion, everybody just goes, ‘Oh, you feel bad, here drink this or let’s ignore it,’” he says. “And, speaking from the perspective of having dealt with extreme emotion, I’ve found that the best way is to address it and go into it. The joy is on the other side of that; you need to go within. You can’t dance around it and think you’re going to run forever, because it’s going to sneak up. It will get you.”

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I went to this empowerment workshop and I loved it because it was actually my first taste of what empowerment felt like.

From then on, I studied that a lot and I applied that to career concepts, money, relationships, communication and so on, using the tools that I learned over those years. I did neuro-linguistic programming and I literally just threw myself into that world. That’s how I got to be an ‘accomplisher.’”

Comedy became his bailiwick, and he worked his way to becoming a headlining standup (his friend, comedian Margaret Cho, wrote the forward to his book). Park found not only success, but also love. Due to the unpredictable vicissitudes of life, however, Park eventually lost his husband of five years to cancer.

“It was a crazy loss, it hit me hard,” Park says. “At that point, I was so miserable, I didn’t care about anything. Like, who cares about my comedy career? ...So, I was like, ‘It’s either do or die, man.

It’s like, ‘Okay, let’s crap or get off the pot here.’ Like, ‘If I’m going to stay, I refuse to stay feeling this bad.’ Every day was so hard on me that I was like, ‘There’s just no way that I’m going to feel this bad.’”

Friends interceded with advice, some of which Park considered—at the time—“hippie, dippie bullcrap,” but as he later reflected, “I think that when you’re in enough pain, you’ll do anything.”

Park’s grief fueled his inspiration to apply all he had learned in empowerment workshops regarding his career goals towards his new emotional goals.

“What if I apply those to an emotional result?” he asks. “The emotional result of feeling better, going after ‘happy.’ What does that even mean? What is the emotional satisfaction? How do I go after that directly? When I started doing that,

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“We love Sonoma County and want to give back,” he says. He and his team serve food at the Guerneville Winter Shelter. As a member of the Sonoma County Growers Alliance and the Hessel Farmers Grange, he’s involved in the local community.

BJ’s love affair with the cannabis plant goes back even farther than his relationship to computers, email, the internet and Instagram. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, he learned about growing food from his grandfather, Bobby Hughes I, who owned a small farm. His son, Bobby James Hughes II, ran an auto body shop, where BJ learned essential skills that helped make his business the success it is today.

As a teen, he tried weed with his peers, and learned about it from High Times and message-board friends around the world who are still part of the industry. In college, he studied network engineering, graduating with a degree in computer science.

When voters approved Prop 215 and medical marijuana was legalized, he told himself, “California seems like the place to be.” He moved here in 2006.

“SOG Cannabis” is the name of his company. SOG = “Sea of Green,” which is a tried-and-true method of growing primo weed. BJ’s company is licensed. It’s an indoor facility that features only one plant per square foot. A multiple High Times Cannabis Cup winner, BJ is known for his speciality products, including small-batch, high-end flower, pre-rolls and concentrates which are available at Organicann, Mercy Wellness and Harborside in Oakland.

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here are many books about filmmakers, but not a lot of films about bookmakers— specifically art bookmakers.

Filmmaker James Kennard’s feature documentary, The Book Makers, remedies this with aplomb.

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Marin County to join the family business (InCA Productions was founded in the ’80s by his father, lauded documentary filmmaker David Kennard).

The filmmaker interviewed a raft of artists, authors, collectors and historians who are preserving both the artistry and craft of bookmaking. They include Bay Area luminaries Dave Eggers and Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket. Also included are Berkeley-based artists fine-press printer Peter Koch—who made the 30-pound lead book pictured above—and artist Julie Chen, who re-invents the physical form of the book to enhance the reader’s tactile experience.

Another Bay Area personality who features prominently in The Book Makers is Oakland’s Mark Sarigianis, who sets out to print a limited run of Charles Bukowski’s cult novel Ham on Rye using the traditional metal type process that leaves absolutely no room for error. The arc of his story is as beguiling as it is nerve-racking, and it begs the question as to whether or not book-making in the Digital Age is a quixotic undertaking. Spoiler alert: It isn’t.

The film proves that digital isn’t the death knell for books so much as a herald of their emancipation as mere content-delivery systems.

Books aren’t just coexisting in harmony with a digital world, they’re actively redefining and reimagining what books can be.

This is proved by the sheer variety of books showcased at the CODEX Book Fair in San Francisco—a moment in the film that neatly binds its various stories together. Kennard acknowledges the narrative device with a laugh and admits, “Oldest trick in the book.”

“The Book Makers” airs at 8pm, Oct. 17 on Northern California Public Media (KPJK), and at 4pm, Oct. 27 on KQED WORLD and again at 8pm, Nov. 13 on KQED channel 9. The film will stream as part of the Mill Valley Film Festival October 9–18. thebookmakersfilm.com.

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But the thought of losing him is almost as bad as the thought of keeping him in my life.

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P.S. I should also mention that I ended a 10-year relationship for the opportunity to date him.

“Hey, Dan, what I’m doing is making me miserable—should I stop?”

Yes, SHATTERED, you should stop. Your friends are giving you excellent advice: stay away from this guy for at least a year—don’t talk on the phone (with him), don’t share meals (with him), don’t go on hikes (with him)—and then see how you feel after you’ve talked, shared meals and gone on hikes with other people. It’s always nice when exes are friends, but it’s not an easy pivot and it can’t be executed instantly. And transition to friendship is always much harder for the person who was dumped—because of course it is—and it’s even harder when a selfish dumper accepts or demands the kind of attention and emotional support from the dumpee that the dumper is no longer entitled to.

P.S. If you ended a 10-year relationship to date someone—if you ended it for a romantic prospect, not a romantic certainty (and there’s no such thing as a romantic certainty)—then that 10year relationship needed to end. If your ex-boyfriend implored you to end that 10-year relationship and 10 months later dumped you to “work on himself” and then did everything in his power to keep you all to himself even after dumping you, then that “friendship” needs to end, too. At least for the time being.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 149288.

The following individual(s) are doing business: THE BOOKS.IO, 48 BOTHIN ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: TERESA ANN MCMAHON, 48 BOTHIN ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2020-149669. The following individual(s) are doing business: MARIN COSMETIC SURGERY CENTER, INC, 165 ROWLAND WAY #300, NOVATO CA 94945: MARIN SURGERY CENTER, INC, 165 ROWLAND WAY #300, NOVATO CA 94945. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 14, 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 149683. The following individual(s) are doing business: GHOSTTREE WOODWORKS, 25C HAMILTON DR., NOVATO CA 94949: ANTHONY JOSEPH DURKTON, 26 BIRCHWOOD DR, NOVATO CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 149352. The following individual(s) are doing business: FE Services, 18 ANDREAS CIRCLE, NOVATO CA 94945: SEAN RICHARD FINN, 18 ANDREAS CIRCLE, NOVATO CA 94945. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 27, 2020. (Publication Dates: September 30, October 7, 14, 21 of 2020).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 149683. The following individual(s) are doing business: GHOSTTREE WOODWORKS, 25C HAMILTON DR., NOVATO CA 94949: ANTHONY JOSEPH DURKTON, 26 BIRCHWOOD DR, NOVATO CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on SEPTEMBER 15, 2020. (Publication Dates: September 30, October 7, 14, 21 of 2020).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 149728. The following individual(s) are doing business: AWOKE, 190 JUNIPER RD, BOLINAS, CA 94924: LISE MIKKELBORG, 190 JUNIPER RD, BOLINAS, CA 94924. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 149531. The following individual(s) are doing business: CRAVE MARIN, 340 IGNACIO, NOVATO CA 94949: BOCA MARIN L.L.C, 340 IGNACIO, NOVATO CA 94949, SHAH BAHREYNI, 550 WOODBINE, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903, . This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 18, 2020. (Publication Dates: October 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2020).

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OTHER NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HAROLD SILAS OLIVER, HAROLD OLIVER CASE NO. PR-2002390. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, and contingent creditors, and persons who may be otherwise interested in the will or estate, or both of HAROLD SILAS OLIVER: A petition for probate has been filed

by SARN OLIVER, in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin, requesting that SARN OLIVER, be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of decedent, who died on April 6, 2020, a resident of Kentfield, Marin County, California. The

petition requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act, (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: at 9:00 a.m. on November 2, 2020 at the Marin Probate Court, Dept. J, Address of court: 3501 Civic Center Drive, PO Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 949134988. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR OR A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEASED, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a

general personal representative, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 58 of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of delivery of the notice to you under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. OTHER CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND LEGAL AUTHORITY MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A CREDITOR. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a request for Special Notice (form DE-145) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Christina Sherman, 1101 Fifth Ave Ste 310, San Rafael, CA 94901, telephone 415-457-4367. FILED: September 17, 2020, James M. Kim, Court Executive Officer, MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: C. Lucchesi, Deputy. (Publication Dates September 30, October 7, 14 of 2020)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 2002439 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each):CHOROM HAM, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing

names as follows: Present Name: CHOROM HAM to Proposed Name: ROMEE HAM 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 11/23/2020, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A, Room: . The address of the court is same as noted above; 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the Pacific Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin. DATED: SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 Andrew E Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

By E. Anderson, Deputy (Published October 7, 14, 21, 28 of 2020).

45 Trivia answers «37 1 Sierra Nevada 2 Rudy Guiliani 3 Llamas, Alpacas 4 Coffee, Kona style 5 Opposite—zenith is high point,

nadir is low point.

6 Salt Lake City, Utah. Thanks for

8 State voters refused to

recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a National Holiday.

Eventually Arizona became the last state to accept MLK Day.

9 Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the radio.

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the question to Charlie Westmiller from Greenbrae.

Black; while gondolas transporting important people could be colored.

Rocketman / Bohemian Rhapsody / Judy (starring Renee Zellweger)

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Astrology

For the week of October 7

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “A person’s best ally is someone who takes care of herself,” says actress Susan Clark. I heartily agree. The people with whom you can cultivate the most resilient bonds and most interesting synergy are those who have a high degree of self-sufficiency—those who take rigorous responsibility for themselves and treat themselves with tender compassion. In the coming weeks, Aries, I think it’s especially important for you to emphasize relationships with allies who fit that description.

Bonus! Their exemplary self-care will influence you to vigorously attend to your own self-care.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to my

reading of the astrological potentials, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to take a vacation in reverse. What’s that? It’s when you devote yourself to renewing and reinvigorating your relationship with the work you love. You intensify your excitement for the vocation or job or long-term quest that teaches you important life lessons. You apply yourself with sublime enthusiasm to honing the discipline you need to fulfill the assignments you came to earth to accomplish.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If you are not having fun you are doing something wrong,” said comedian Groucho Marx. He was exaggerating so as to drive home his humorous point, but his idea contains some truth—and will be especially applicable to you in the immediate future. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have a temporary exemption from feeling frantically dour and unpleasantly dutiful.

As crazy as the world is right now, you have a cosmic mandate to enjoy more playtime and amusement than usual. The rest of us are depending on you to provide us with doses of casual cheer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark,” writes Cancerian author Rebecca Solnit, adding, “That’s where the most important things come from.” I think this is good advice for you in the coming weeks.

What exactly does it mean? How and why should you do what she advises? My first suggestion is to reframe your conception of the unknown and the dark.

Imagine them as the source of everything new; as the place from which the future comes; as the origin of creative changes. Then instruct your imagination to be adventurous as it explores brewing possibilities in the dark and the unknown.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality,” wrote author Norman Cousins. Whether or not you believe the “immortality” part of his formulation, I’m sure you understand how fabulous it is when you help activate beauty and vitality in someone. You may even feel that inspiring people to unleash their dormant potential is one of the most noble pleasures possible. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Leo, because I suspect that you now have exceptional power to perform services like these for your allies, friends and loved ones. I dare you to make it one of your top priorities.

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people.” I bring this to your attention, Libra, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to upgrade and refine your mastery of these essential powers.

What can you do to enhance your capacity to invent your life? Which teachers and information sources might be helpful?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1984, hip-hop

group Run-DMC was the first to achieve a gold record in their genre, meaning they sold more than 500,000 albums. Their next album sold over a million. They were pioneers. In 1986, legendary producer Rick Rubin encouraged them to do a remake of “Walk This Way,” a song by the hard-rock band Aerosomith. The members of Run-DMC didn’t want to do it; they felt the tune was in a genre too unlike their own. But Rubin eventually convinced them, and the cross-pollination was phenomenally successful. The Run-DMC-meetsAerosmith collaboration launched a new genre that sold very well. The song was later voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In this spirit, and in accordance with current cosmic rhythms, I urge you to try a bold hybrid or two yourself, Scorpio: blends of elements or influences that may seem a bit improbable. They could ultimately yield big dividends.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You

Sagittarians periodically go through phases when you specialize in stirring up fresh intuitions. I mean, you’re always one of the zodiac’s Intuition Champions, but during these special times, your flow becomes an overflow. You have a knack for seeking and finding visions of the interesting future; you get excited by possibilities that are on the frontiers of your confidence. From what I can tell, your life in recent weeks has been bringing you these delights—and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Take maximum advantage. Aggressively gather in the gifts being offered by your inner teacher.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Calling on my expert knowledge of healing language and imaginative psychology, I have formulated a mantra for you to use in the next six weeks. I suggest you say it five times after you wake up, and again at mid-day, and before dinner, and before sleep. It should help keep you intimately aligned with the dynamic groove that the cosmos will be conspiring to provide for you.

For best results, picture yourself as glowing inside with the qualities named in the mantra. Here it is: StrongBrightFree ClearBoldBrisk DeepNimbleKind AdroitSteadyWarm.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles features displays that extol the musicians who’ve won Grammy Awards over the years. A few years ago, a distinctly un-famous musician named Paz Dylan made professionallooking fake posters touting his own magnificent accomplishments, and managed to sneakily hang them on the museum walls. They remained there for a month before anyone noticed. I’m going to encourage you to engage in similar gamesmanship in the coming weeks, Aquarius. It’ll be a favorable time to use ingenuity and unconventional approaches to boost your confidence and enhance your reputation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The messiah will come when we don’t need him any more,” said author Franz Kafka. In that spirit, and in alignment with current astrological omens, I will tell you that the precise help you wish you could attract into your life will show up as soon as you make initial efforts to provide that help to yourself. Here are some additional nuances: The gift or blessing you think you need most will be offered to you by fate once you begin giving that gift or blessing to yourself. A rescuer will arrive not too long after you take steps to rescue yourself. You’ll finally figure out how to make practical use of a key lesson as you’re teaching that lesson to someone you care for.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Relationships never stop being a work in progress,” writes author Nora Roberts. That’s bad news and good news. It’s bad news because even for the most loving bond, you must tirelessly persist in the challenging task of reinventing the ways the two of you fit together. It’s good news because few activities can make you more emotionally intelligent and soulfully wise than continually reinventing the ways the two of you fit together. I bring these thoughts to your attention because the coming weeks will be a fertile time for such daunting and rewarding work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Ursula K. Le Guin said that we don’t just naturally know how to create our destinies. It takes research and hard work. “All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them,” she wrote. “We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don’t, our lives get made up for us by other

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