It's not every day (or even every holiday!) that friends bring a picnic right in through your front door! But that's what happened at our place today! At high noon here came Michael and Lynn Madigan with fried chicken, green bean salad,...
Keith Cox of “Willapa Bay Oysters” (the movie) fame does things in the grand manner. The Grand Hollywood Manner! He knows the ropes, living in L.A. and working in the film industry as he does. And, we-of-Pacific-County, long understood to be on the...
I counted seventy-six in the audience at the Planning Commission hearing last night. When all was said and done, it looked as though 73 of us were there to support the endeavors of Dan Driscoll and Oysterville Sea Farms. That left three in...
On The Half Shell According to the newspaper, our friend Dan’s problems with the county seem to be continuing. If I understand it correctly, at least one of the many ‘health violations’ listed has to do with taking oysters directly from the...
Oysterville Sea Farms, 2006 Last night, just hours after we’d been told that our neighbor Dan would no longer be selling or serving any food products at his Oysterville Sea Farms, we watched “Oysterville, an Oyster Lover’s Paradise” on Channel...
for the record Keith Cox called around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. He was in Ocean Park and wondered if he could come by for “a conversation.” And, by the way, he’d be bringing his video camera. Even though we had never met, I felt like I...
The Wrong Man In a recent review of my book North Beach Peninsula’s IR&N the writer commented on my “meticulous research.” I was thrilled! I do try to be thorough when I am writing about historical events, but the problems are legion. Take,...