Here’s what the brilliant blue sky over Healdsburg looks like today. Not a cloud in sight… (Photo: Holly Wilson)

I can’t wait to see “Folktales.” True West’s artistic director mentioned it in his latest newsletter: “The Oscars short list is out for best documentaries and I want to bring you into the loop on films in contention,” he wrote. “We are featuring Folktales this week in the North Lounge (quick reminder that tickets to films in the North are just $10!). This is a powerful and touching doc from two of my longtime filmmaker friends, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing. I saw it premiere at Sundance last year and it played through the roof. Check it out... especially if you are a dog lover… and Healdsburg is full of them it seems.” (Image: True West Film Center via Mailchimp)

Our undefeated girls soccer team is having quite the season this winter, as noted by both the Healdsburg Tribune and the Press Democrat. Here’s a great shot taken by local sports photographer Michael Lucid, from the last time we played Cloverdale in November (we’re in red). And by the way, speaking of Michael — he’s been incredibly generous, these past few years, to lend his services to the community for free. The Trib actually just ran a story about him, in the latest issue! Editor Christian Kallen writes: “Healdsburg’s student-athletes and their parents for the past several years probably know Michael Lucid, or certainly know of him. Or should. He’s been at most home games, absorbed in taking photos of the players — volleyball, basketball, on the track or the field — photos that capture the athletes in action, a snapshot in time. Though he publishes dozens, sometimes hundreds, of photos from events on his public photo stream on Flickr, and they are all available for download and home printing, he does not charge anyone for the photos.” Still, if you’d like to support his work, you can donate to Michael here. (Photo: Michael Lucid via Flickr)