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It’s just inevitable here: gardeners get wet. We all have our limits about how wet, how often, and for how long. Even those who try to avoid rain aren’t always spared; sudden, unpredicted …
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By Jill Severn
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11/10/23
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November is officially the kickoff for the holiday season for me. Time to finish up gift shopping, present wrapping, meal planning, and maybe, this year, host the cookie exchange.
I was invited …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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11/8/23
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The Holiday season has started (I mean, the giving season has started). Chances are you have already started to receive emails, texts, and snail mail urging you to give to the nonprofits that you …
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By Mary Beth Harrington, CVA
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11/7/23
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In the beginning
Gabrielle “Gabi” Shephard. She came to this area at age five and they stayed here after her father retired from Fort Lewis. She basically grew up at Olympic Trading …
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Our most overlooked local falcon species is the Merlin. One of its sub-species (see below) is a fairly regular sight in the winter; the Olympia Christmas Bird Count typically finds four or more …
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By the time we reach a certain age, most people start to give thought to their own mortality. Sometimes, if we are faced with terminal illnesses, we may want a say in the manner in which we depart …
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Happy Halloween! I don’t know what might be scaring you these days, but for me, it is not the creatures coming to our front door tonight begging for candy! When I get despondent about …
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By Mary Beth Harrington, CVA
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10/31/23
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The Covid 19 pandemic left many people behind on healthcare follow-ups for both prevention and ongoing care of chronic conditions (with current staff shortages at every level of healthcare not …
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My favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, comes later this month. Focusing on gratitude, family, friends and, of course, great food, Thanksgiving embodies my belief that cooking is love!
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By Shannon Beigert
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10/30/23
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An easy pumpkin bread is simple, yet touches our senses of taste and smell in tune with the season.
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The ground offered lessons in color and leaf identification. Where big leaf maples dominated, there were a hundred shades of orange and brown with yellow highlights. Passing cottonwoods, the trail turned a mellower yellow. And at the one spot where aspen leaves fluttered and fell in their distinctive way, the path was chartreuse.
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Last Friday I received a 10 p.m. phone call from one of my work colleagues. She and her husband live near Eld Inlet in western Thurston County. As they were closing their home for the evening, they …
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Scam Jam. It kind of sounds like a party, doesn’t it? And in a way, it is. Only instead of a house party, the Scam Jams are held in neighborhood clubhouses, churches, service clubs, senior …
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I’m proud to say that we raised two children to be healthy, happy, caring, and confident adults. However, it still had its challenges. While my husband is a teacher and trained to deal with …
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By Mary Beth Harrington, CVA
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10/24/23
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... these prodigious swimmers have returned, where hundreds of delighted watchers like me have come to witness their iconic migration, first at the 5th Avenue Dam and now, finally, at Tumwater.
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The Friendly Flowers Garden Club was established in what is now Lacey in 1945. At its meeting and flower show a week ago, well over 75 people – nearly all older white women – turned out …
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By Jill Severn
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10/20/23
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I wrote a column in July about encountering a small flock of Caspian Terns on the mudflats north of the Port of Olympia. Terns are fish-eating birds with white bodies and black wings; most are …
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I think it was around the early sixties that the English language began to change. The use of slang became bolder and more frequent. Prior to this time people were often judged by their dialect, …
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Books, Brownies, and Beans is back! Celebrating its 20th year, this popular used book sale is among the largest one-day used book sales in the South Sound. All proceeds benefit three local nonprofit …
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By Mary Beth Harrington, CVA
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10/17/23
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We are well into autumn in the PNW! The trees’ beautiful fall colors are at their peak and it is that time again for immunizations against winter viruses (influenza, COVID- and now maybe RSV). …
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Debra L. Glasser, M.D.
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10/17/23
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