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by katy chatel

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Mary Oliver’s “Lilies” at the Minimum Security Facility by gwynn o’gara

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Hurling Pearls into San Francisco Bay by jo ann kinney lopez

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Shadow of Love by cyndi combs

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This Saturday, November 18 we are looking forward to partying with a couple dozen of our favorite writers and photographers, editors and web mistresses. From 5-8pm we will be recognizing the contributions of our mostly volunteer staff with some awards and food and drink. You will have a chance to meet and greet them and [...]

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Re: luncheon article posted yesterday
Thanks so much Martha! Nice article and beautiful photos!
Ruth Gardner Begell

Thanking editors and staffers of Listen and Be Heard for the spotlight you published highlighting the Dixie Hummingbirds’ Nov. 11 show at Rancho Nicasio.
With appreciation,
Kim Taylor, publicist

Dear Editor:
I appreciated your article of the discussion with Babatunde Lea and his efforts [...]

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I think Lindsey Buckingham has arrived at a comfortable spot in his life, as attested to in the latest batch of Fleetwood Mac-less songs entitled Under the Skin. As genuine as that feeling may be for the guitarist who made a fortune airing his dirty laundry back in 1977, the presentation of it felt [...]

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Vallejo Music Theatre is hoping to raise at least $5,000 this Friday at their Founder�s �Hard Hat� Art Auction. The public may view the auction from 10 am to 4 pm on Friday, November 17. Later that evening at 6pm, a wine tasting from Hagafen Cellars of Napa, hors d�oeuvres and host bar [...]

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A simple rhyme becomes the centerpiece of a cleverly crafted murder plot in Agatha Christie�s stage adaptation of her popular 1939 novel And Then There Were None. Continuing its 2006-2007 season, Contra Costa Civic Theatre attempts to capture the atmosphere, wit, and intricate criminal plan that have made the play as enduring and entertaining [...]

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Part II of II
(Our story so far: Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Girl teaches yoga. Girl and colleague fly to India to study at the Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda center in Chennai. Boy and girl have lunch with colleague and her spouse three days before the flight leaves. The [...]

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I can�t be objective or dispassionate when writing about Tony Mims, because I am neither when it comes to him. That�s why I married him. If we hadn�t tied the knot, there wouldn�t be a Listen & Be Heard Poetry Caf�.
Since we opened our doors, there�s been folks who read his column, Metaphysical Muse, in [...]

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Butter Cream Bakery & Diner
2297 Jefferson, Napa
707 255-6700
Diner 5:30 a.m. � 3 p.m. daily
Bakery opens 5:30 a.m. daily
Pink is not the color associated with good food or service, but the Butter Cream Bakery makes this color go with both. The trademark pink and white stripes on the exterior are not only eye-catching, but welcoming. [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. Your forecast week begins on Wednesday when Venus, the planet of personal relationship and artistic expression will conjunct Jupiter, the planet of expansion and growth at 28� Scorpio. The energy expressed from this conjunction of beneficial planets in Scorpio should help [...]

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I don�t think that I had ever eaten leeks until the early 1970�s when I was staying in London with a close friend of mine, Phillip Sansom. I n addition to his being a talented artist and writer, Phillip was also a good cook. I remember coming back to the house one evening [...]

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