THE INSIGHTFUL, DISCERNING and piercingly intelligent among us, defined by the fact that they’ve been following this column for more years than they care to… Continue reading
“I CAN’T BELIEVE I just ran a supreme time!” my niece, Brooke Stromberg, shouted out with joy upon completing the figure eight race at a… Continue reading
I RECENTLY ACCOMPLISHED a previously-thought impossible task: I made cheesecake. One of my older sisters used to make the best cheesecake I had ever had.… Continue reading
“She’s at peace and yet somehow on fire.” “Some women are lost in the fire. Some women are built from it.” Sequim composer… Continue reading
The Port Angeles Community Playhouse, a building that has served as a Port Angeles venue for theater shows and productions for 47… Continue reading
MORE THAN ONCE I’ve heard people criticize Christianity because there are so many different Christian denominations. On the other hand, I’ve never heard anyone criticize… Continue reading
Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday service speaker will be the Rev. Bill Evans. His lesson at the church at 2917… Continue reading
JUNE IS OVER and what a month we have had. Extremely warm (hot) conditions, hail in the low lands, snow in the mountains, lightning strikes,… Continue reading
For the first time since William Shakespeare first appeared in the woods beside the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, a party is… Continue reading
The Fourth of July will be celebrated all across the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday. Here are some events planned, listed by community: Port Angeles… Continue reading
SEVERAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED June’s picture from the past as Traylor’s Restaurant on East U.S. Highway 101. The photo was taken sometime after 1960. Brenda Mast… Continue reading
CROWS TRIGGER VARIOUS human emotions as few other birds can. There are those of us who love them or hate them and everything else in… Continue reading
The week-long Forks Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration, which began Saturday, will continue from Monday through Wednesday, and pick up again on… Continue reading
IT DOESN’T FEEL like a real intense day, does it? I agree, so how about a little bit of this and that? OK, here’s a… Continue reading
A community barbecue, a farmstand opening and a peace portrait anniversary are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available… Continue reading
Clallam County Physicians Community Benefit Fund is accepting applications for academic scholarships in medically-related fields and medically-related community grants to be awarded… Continue reading
MY COLUMN THIS month, as we approach the celebration of Independence Day, will reflect on one of our nation’s valued freedoms, “freedom of religion.” “Freedom… Continue reading
A lecture on the Olympic Peninsula’s changing geology and a breakfast benefit for animal welfare are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading
“ROSES ARE RED, Violets are blue, A rose by any other name, Is still labor-intensive to you!” OK, maybe I have mixed my metaphors but… Continue reading
FEW BIRDS ARE as well camouflaged as those in the Empidonax Complex. Drab, greenish-gray plumage makes it possible for them to blend in with their… Continue reading
