Annie Bowler

By Annie Bowler, May 1, 2026 Vol 34, I’ll start with a short health update but if you don’t know what I am talking about, refer to last month’s blog. It took a while for my heart, and my head, to get used to its new battery-powered system, but five weeks post-procedure, I am doing quite well. I absolutely love that my heart now beats as steady as a metronome. I never realized how often that my heart used to beat in crazy rhythms until now; what a relief this has been! I am gaining strength...

By Annie Bowler March 3, 2026 Volume 32 John and I took a much-needed break recently and boy, did we have grand fun! We headed to the “Grass Valley Center for the Arts” to hear the “American Patchwork Quartet” a group that reinterprets traditional folk songs with a "masterful confluence of tradition and innovation;" they combine American folk with global influences, including West African rhythms and East Asian musical elements. We enjoyed delicious Italian at Cirino's at Main Street and...

Travels with Heart: by Annie Bowler, February 5, 2026 Vol. 31 All five of our children attended Del Oro High School, for many years, John taught art and was the Varsity Men’s Soccer coach at DO and I volunteered and attended a countless number of events. Del Oro has been an important part of our lives for the more than 35 years; it’s been our home. There’s a deep and justifiable sense of local pride for D.O. as the Loomis community has a good thing going in our hometown high school. All these...