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Donald Sanders
Columnist - June 2, 2020 in Columnists
I am not having a corona virus holiday!
I know this will sound a little like a fairy tale, but I swear every word is true. Okay, so here is what happened. On Monday, March 16th, I found myself in the middle of the coronavirus. The TV told me that I should stay...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - February 22, 2020 in Columnists
Wells Fargo crimes
I swear, some people are so dumb. I can’t believe how dumb they are. They are way dumber than I am. The dumbest people I know are those who do their banking at Wells Fargo. The very minute you walk through the doors of a...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - May 11, 2019 in Columnists
Through the glory hole at Lake Berryessa — the improbable survival of a cormorant
I’m sure everybody has seen the video where the duck gets sucked into the glory hole at Lake Berryessa. The video, taken by Solano County Water Agency’s Rick Fowler has gone viral with over 110,000 views and 400 comments on Facebook. YouTube has gone wild...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - May 10, 2019 in Columnists
My cousin needs an apartment in Winters, California. Oh boy…
My cousin LoBell is coming to Winters. Yesterday I received a letter from my cousin, LoBell. He is the last of the Sanders relatives living in, or rather just outside of Cookeville, Tennessee, where I was born and lived as a small child. I don’t...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - September 15, 2018 in Columnists
Heal the world — heal ourselves
I lived my entire life alone. It was always me and them. I found a woman and “I” became “we,” and thus it was us and them. It was much the same when we had children. There was us and there was everything else. We...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - July 27, 2018 in Columnists
Driving through to the end of a well loved life
“I want to find a airplane to charter and have the pilot take you and me way up high enough to see the curvature of the Earth.” That was one of the last things my friend, Joe Tomlinson, wanted to do before he got so...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - July 22, 2018 in Columnists
These “friends” are not on the side of Putah Creek
Here we go again! The so-called “Friends of Putah Creek” have taken legal action through the Solano County Superior Court, naming the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB), the Solano County Water Agency, The City of Winters, and (correct me if I’m wrong) up to...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - July 2, 2018 in Columnists
Diogenes, the Streamkeeper and the cure for despair
Back in the old days, a guy named Diogenes spent all his time looking for an honest man, an admirable man. I don’t know if he ever found one or not, but I think I can tell you why he had so much trouble. He...
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Donald Sanders
Columnist - May 28, 2018 in Columnists
Today is Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day. Well, at least it was when I wrote this column. When it comes around Memorial Day always awakens something within me that is unique and difficult to explain. It is a warm holiday. When I say “warm” I do not mean...
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