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Big, bright, tall sunflowers are coming into bloom all around the County, to the delight of bees, butterflies and people. These days, the classic golden flowers – the ones that get the tallest …
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By Jill Severn
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8/2/24
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Most of my family hooked up their travel trailers and noodled off to Leavenworth for a few days last week. Those of us who remained at home, to work, and feed the remaining chickens and dogs, had to …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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7/31/24
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We were reading one of Kathleen Anderson’s columns in The JOLT -- "What's in a name?" -- and it dawned on us how often this moment comes up with pet owners when choosing a name.
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By Thom Donitz and Trish Lynn
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7/31/24
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My column from May 21, "Primary Care Internal Medicine is Dead" has gone around the world, as it was republished on July 17 in Medscape .
Medscape is an online resource for …
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Sorry, kids.
The summer will be over before we know it. As the new school year looms, class supply lists start popping up everywhere. This can cause anxiety for those on a tight budget. Thurston …
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By Zach Davis-Price
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7/30/24
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In the Pacific Northwest, we are blessed to have an abundance of berries at this time of the year. We have raspberry canes in our yard, which produced more fruit this year than we’ve ever had. …
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Who knew there are wild cucumbers growing in Western Washington? Apparently, a lot of people knew, and now we do too.
Variously known as Bigroot, Manroot, or Old-man-in-the-ground, wild …
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For our avian neighbors, July is Fledging Month. I was reminded of this a few days ago when a large bird flew right overhead screaming desperately. It was a fledgling Bald Eagle , recently out of the …
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I was with the Lions Low Vision Resource Center last Friday at Senior Action Network's Senior Day at Capital Lakefair. At one point, I noticed a Zumba class in front of the stage. After watching for …
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This article is all about Club Moxie. Before I tell you how cool Club Moxie is, I must fill you in on the Junior League of Olympia. T heir mission statement says it better than I can . “The …
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By Zach Davis-Price
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7/23/24
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I’ve been traveling over the past few weeks; it is good to be back in Thurston County. First, I visited friends on the Olympic Peninsula and in the Seattle area, and then I went on to …
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Nominations are now open for a new shrub in my backyard. So far, the nomination process is not as messy as the one playing out in our nation’s capital, but it’s still beset with …
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A friend tells me bushtits “charm her socks off.” She loves the constant, cheery little sounds these tiny birds make. She says if she were going to be a bird, she’d want to be …
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I just came off two weeks of stress - filled events , and I am facing one more this week. So, I have been wondering if I am overreacting .
Do you ever feel stressed out? Rerunning the …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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7/17/24
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Our animal friends have been with us for thousands of years, and their history is intertwined with ours. While we cannot even begin to scratch the surface, we would like to share these five …
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If you have purchased a home recently in Thurston County, you probably know the median housing price is about $525,000. If you recently purchased an affordable home, you probably bought one somewhere …
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For today’s purposes, let’s define “working class” as everyone whose living depends on a job. It might be a great job with decent pay . . . or not. People in this situation …
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Pigeon Guillemots are medium-sized (about 13”) seabirds of the Auk family and are fairly common in our Southern Puget Sound marine waters. They are often seen on the water near the shore and, …
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Gru is back with more of his despicable plans and hilarious antics in the series’ fourth installment. The movie is fairly good, with plenty of laughs and slapstick. The Minions continue to steal the show, especially with their line of mischief. Despicable Me 4 is bringing in all the laughs this Fourth of July weekend.
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I am usually up for participating in fundraisers, but when Mike Gregory, Development Director at Senior Services of South Sound, told me about Over the Edge – I took a hard pass. Oh, I believe …
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By Zach Davis-Price
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7/10/24
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