From the Editor: Happy Summer, Everyone

By San Francisco Richmond ReView on June 7, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

If you haven’t had the opportunity to attend a “meet the editor” session yet at the One Richmond office (held every second Wednesday, 1-2:30 p.m. at 802 Clement St.), you’ll have your chance at a special event.

I will be attending One Richmond’s Summer Kick Off event on Sunday, June 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Richmond Recreation Center, 251 18th Ave. It is really fun to meet my neighbors, share information and ideas, and learn more about the great people in our community.

At a recent “meet the editor” session, I was visited by Kelly Low, a “yarn bomber” who is a massively creative producer of amazing knitting and crocheting projects. Kelly presented me with an extraordinarily unique gift. She took the time to plan out and knit together a series of yarn squares to spell out the names of our two newspapers – Richmond Review and Sunset Beacon – in braille.

“Richmond Review” and “Sunset Beacon” in braille. *Yarn artwork by Kelly Low.*

Thank you very much, Kelly, for the thoughtful and absolutely beautiful work of art.

Learn more about the craft at Facebook: SF Richmond Yarn Buddies and Instagram: @SFRichmondYarnBuddies.

Patreon Account

We are also very grateful to our community-minded neighbors who signed up on our Patreon page to lend financial support for our neighborhood newspaper. Thank you sincerely.

We are just getting started. So far, significantly less than 1% of our readers are contributing. If you love the paper and want to see it stay healthy and substantial, please consider joining as a patreon. You can log on using the link on our website: RichmondSunsetNews.com.

We have some cool merchandise (a.k.a. swag) that we will be delivering to our patrons this month. I’ll be sending out an email asking for a delivery address and will present the items and thank the supporters personally. I’m looking forward to it.

Above: Michael Durand, editor of the Richmond Review, in a totally-not-posed photo showing the new Richmond Review coffee cup and “Proud sponsor of my neighborhood newspaper” Richmond Review long-sleeve T-shirt. The gifts will go to those who signed up for the newspaper’s Patreon campaign. (Expect delivery in the middle of June.) *Instagram photo by Rozie Wong Gillies.*

Notice to those who contributed to the Nourish You Neighborhood Newspaper campaign: send me an email if you would like me to deliver gifts to you, too.

Happy summer, everyone.

Michael Durand is the editor and publisher of the Richmond Review and Sunset Beacon newspapers and the RichmondSunsetNews.com website. He can be reached at Editor@RichmondSunsetNews.com.