Life
Ah, Spring: recalling friends, fighters and forsythia | ALL ABOARD
Last Thursday, at high noon at the Freeland Café, I had the pleasure of sharing a great brunch,…
Life
ALL ABOARD | Apologies to Frost, Sandburg, Whitman and Bugs Bunny
A couple of weeks ago, I experienced one of my greatest South Whidbey observations during my almost three…
Life
ALL ABOARD | As Richard III said: My kingdom for a Perry Como album
Ever since birth, at least as far as my own is concerned, life has been a series of…
Life
ALL ABOARD | Smoking elephants, warmed-over lawyers and 9-irons
Now that it seems dark by 4:30 every afternoon, causing me to feel like bedding down before 7…
Life
ALL ABOARD | A porch! A porch! My kingdom for a porch!
Last week’s dog and house sitting for friends way up there in Greenbank reminded me that a porch…
Life
ALL ABOARD | Coping with the recession without depression
Lately, life seems to be series of forced adjustments. Several of us have portfolios that have burst starboard.…
Life
ALL ABOARD | Old Yeller: No, not the movie, just little old me
No matter what day you read this, if my today is any indication, tomorrow will be a lot…
Life
ALL ABOARD | March Madness: In like a lion, out with a poem
This could be my first column written while tired. Tired of dribbling. Tired of the sound of squeaking…