February 2, 2024 It's been a bit busy here this week -- people to see, places to go, catching up to do. No special reason. It just happens sometimes. Usually those sorts of weeks are a pain in the tush. But not this one. For whatever reason,...
I'm beginning to think those words -- "better and better" are getting hard to come by in this old world of ours. But I do want to give a bit of a shout-out to the Chinook Observer. If you subscribe to our stellar weekly newspaper, I hope you...
The first Wednesday of each month is when our newly launched Pacific County History Forum meets at the Oysterville Schoolhouse. And, as I was writing the title for this blog, I realized that it's also the day that my monthly column is published in...
I might be nit-picking a bit here, but when I read the Page 2 headline in today's Observer --State senator says Hong Kong gun charge due to 'honest mistake' -- I had to stop and mull that over for a bit. It seems to me that a mistake is a...
I do so hope you saw (and read!) the story on page A3 of today's Chinook Observer! I think every one of us, whether we read our weekly paper cover-to-cover or not, should be justifiably proud of its accomplishments. After all, the news and...
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word "read" this way: look at and comprehend the meaning of written or printed matter by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed. My headline for this blog is directed to...
For all of you who have contacted me via email or text or through my blog... Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and interest in my current "Saints or Sinners?" series in the Observer. I'm having such fun researching and writing about these...
In answer to my own question, I have to say, "Only partly." And those portions that I did read sent me through the gamut of emotions -- disgust and distrust, anger and sadness, shame and anxiety. Plus a good dollop or two of fear as I considered...
That Cate is taking a much-deserved break from her "Coast Chronicles" column in the Observer did not come as a total surprise today. After writing every single week for fifteen (!) years, it seems that a little down time is more than her due, and...
I'm talking about the Wednesday, April 5, 2023 edition of the Chinook Observer. Beginning on Page 1 with the report on our Sheriff's Office dragging its feet in answering a 911 call (from the Pacific County Fire District No. 1, no less!). I am...
Why was I not surprised? Interestingly (but not at all surprisingly), the only folks to weigh in on Saturday's Daybook entry concerning the Shoalwater Bay Yacht Club were Kuzzin Kris and Cuzzin Ralph. Perhaps they, both being connected to the...
Now those are words I don't get to say very often! "Poor old Ilwaco" is a more likely commentary. When I was a kid in the thirties and forties, Ilwaco was considered the only "real town" on the Peninsula. It's where you went to conduct business...