As far as I can tell, this week’s Chinook Observer contains more mentions of Oysterville than have ever occurred in any single past issue. Beginning with an article about Oysterville Sea Farms (“Judge delivers clear win to Driscoll in land-use...
Lately, there have been few reasons for collective celebrating here in Oysterville but, as of a few days ago, you could almost feel the whole town jumping up and down for joy! The roofers have arrived and are swarming atop the John Crellin House. ...
In all likelihood, it’s living in her house and among many of her treasures that I feel so close to my grandmother, even though she died in 1954 shortly after I had begun college. For special dinner parties, when I set the table with her china and...
For a week, we’ve been watching the façade of our neighbor Bradley’s house change day-by-day to a subtle pearly pink – not what I would think of as a “traditional” or “historic” color for the exterior of a house in Oysterville. In fact, I’ve been...
No matter what the meteorologists (or whoever they are) say, everyone around here knows that this is truly the last day of summer. It’s the day the visitors head home. It’s the day before school starts. It’s the day we take in the Oysterville Music...
My very-first-right-away-out-of-the-box-early-morning thought was that at the present time, Oysterville needs a champion orator – you know, someone like Patrick Henry who could go around firing up the populace and getting them to write letters to...
Seventeen households were represented at the Oysterville Design Review Board meeting last evening. That’s well over half the residents of the National Historic District. It is not often that our meetings include such large numbers and it is even...
Nyel is supposed to walk every day. Doctor’s orders. I should walk every day. Common sense. And, how’s that going, you may ask. Better now that school is out and Nyel’s schedule is more flexible. But only a little. However, on the plus side, we’ve...
Yesterday was as near perfect as I can imagine. First of all, the predicted rain showers didn’t materialize at all; the day was sunny and warm. ‘My’ Grays Harbor College EdVenture group was small – only four plus Dave-the-Bus-Driver-Blum and...
For the last year or so, there has been much discussion in Oysterville about rules and regulations and the law. We residents have been in the process of reviewing and updating our Oysterville Design Guidelines as well as Pacific County Ordinance...
First, some definitions: Newcomer – what you are until the last person who remembers when you moved here is dead. Old-timer – those who remember how it was before the newcomers arrived on the scene and began passing judgment on just about...
The Captain Stream House is looking great. And gray, much to my surprise. I hadn’t been up for a look-see for quite a while so I hadn’t known of the color change or, at least, hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. (It’s entirely possible that it had...