Dona Bakker began Pastime Publications in 2004 with her memoir of living in the Napa Valley as a child. Run of the Mill is in its third printing. In 2007, she cowrote and published The Golden Road - French Wine or Moonshine  and in 2008, the sequel, The Golden Road Detour, with longtime friend Tami Riedeman.  Also in 2008, Dona   teamed up with Ralph Ingols to create St. Helena High School - Circa 1940-1972 - The Golden Years.