When Murph Gerber, 74, quilts, she likes to go big. “I mostly make king-size quilts,” she… Continue reading
A MARCH 15, 1900, Morning Leader article, filed in the Jefferson County Historical Society Research Center Obituary notebook, is titled “Two Beechers Pass Away.” The… Continue reading
THANKS TO OUR cold, wet spring, the weeds took over various parts of the yard. One of those was the manmade waterfall and its stream… Continue reading
SOMETIMES, WHEN I have nothing else productive to do, I actually think about things I say. Apparently this is one of those times. One of… Continue reading
THESE “LAZY, HAZY, crazy days of summer” provide us with an opportunity to consider our lives from a different perspective. Not the narrowed intensity and… Continue reading
Combining age-old Native weaving and sewing methods, seven Jamestown S’Klallam women have used materials including Western red cedar bark, sweet grass, deer hide… Continue reading
SO IT LOOKS like I have to travel more often. Whereas I just completed my second trip to San Antonio, leaving June 23 to see… Continue reading
THE PICTURE WASN’T very clear but the description that went with it was. The writer was concerned about a Steller’s jay in her yard. It… Continue reading
MANY OF US can easily remember when the norm was that retirement, Social Security and Medicare all hit at the same time. That is because… Continue reading
IT’S THAT TIME of year when top Washington State Horsemen performance competitors, both local and from across the state, gather at the Port Angeles fairgrounds… Continue reading
MY FAMILY ARRIVED home just a few days ago from a 3,000-mile, 18-day road trip. The Sanford three loaded up the family Prius, with borrowed… Continue reading
A comic convention, a new home for a canoe and a special Picnic on the Pier are among the attractions on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading
Jefferson County’s Relay for Life will kick off at 2 p.m. Saturday as teams work to raise money for cancer research. The annual… Continue reading
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and… Continue reading
Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm brings back its weekly concert series, the Jungible Summer Music Series,… Continue reading
Clallam County Master Gardener Mike Barnes will lead a presentation on native plants at 10 a.m. Saturday. “Planting Natives in the Garden” will… Continue reading
WELL, HERE WE are, into July already. This is the month of the Peninsula’s largest festival, a botanical one at that (Lavender Weekend is July… Continue reading
SEVERAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED the June picture from the past as the old Salvation Army building on Front Street near Lincoln Street. The old brick building… Continue reading
NEWLY FLEDGED BIRDS mean more and more action from late spring to midsummer. Later this month, the cries of young osprey will make things interesting… Continue reading
I’VE JUST DISCOVERED that I completely missed a national designation a few months back. Of course, a reasonable case could be made to the point… Continue reading
