St. Elizabeth’s Guild of St. Mary’s rummage sale 

Last week the Register published the first chapter from "The Circuit" Francisco Jimenez's moving collection of short stories depicting the life of a child whose family follows the harvest around California, working in vineyards and fields of cotton, tomatoes, carrots and lettuce.

Tired of the hustle and bustle of the 21st century? Ready for a change? Then take a two-hour drive south of Napa, past the garlic that made Gilroy famous, and step back into Elizabethan England at the Northern California Renaissance Faire.

Family caregivers, baby boomers, seniors and all those interested in knowing what's ahead as we age are invited to attend Napa County's Caring Counts conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 7 at the Meadows, 1800 Atrium Parkway in Napa. The day, sponsored by the Napa Alliance on Aging, will feature 12 workshops, a keynote address by Nancy Powers-Stone of the Redwood Caregiver Resource Center and a luncheon honoring the Napa County Caregiver of the Year.

Education

They gather four times a year, always as night falls, always at a different location and by invitation only. The topic is usually murder, though it ventures just as easily into kidnapping, torture, poisoning or armed robbery.

Napan goes to National Young Leader Conference

he subject of the conversation with Janie Falk, was going to be: getting started -- or restarted -- in yoga.