When you live in a predominantly agricultural area, every season produces beautiful scenery. For Napa, the lingering sun and Mediterranean climate produce spectacular foliage almost year round. The grape vines, of course, are handsome in all their permutations: the bare wood of winter set against grey skies and low solstice lighting giving way to...
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Napa Crack’d
September 16, 2014 by Melodie Hilton
If you live in California, it is very likely you have felt the earth convulse. While technically temblors are shakers, and people report rocking and rolling, the ones that have occurred around my domiciles have felt more like a Snap. Crackle. And POP. I was in Northern California during the 1989 Loma Prieta (10-17-89...
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