After dinner last night, I put my feet up "for just a minute" fully intending to write my blog before bedtime. End of story, almost. I did surface long enough to turn off the lights (most of them) and go to bed, never giving a single thought to...
We* are gearing up for the first session of the History Forum here in Oysterville and hope those of you interested in SW Washington history will be among our participants! We begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6th at the Oysterville...
Only two pictures were knocked off the wall as the plumbers eased the hot water tank down the stairs -- and neither one was damaged! There were drops of rusty water left along the route and, once again, I congratulated myself on choosing that...
I was waiting, not altogether patiently, for the plumber to come today and replace my upstairs water heater. I thought he said "Tuesday morning" but maybe not, And then the expression "It's all good!" popped into my mind. "NO IT ISN'T!" I said...
Tucker's grandson Sam is eleven years old and is well on his way to becoming a force to be reckoned with. At the Oysterville Regatta this weekend, he told me he is going to learn to sail so he can race in the next year or two. "Can you swim?" I...
According to the weather gurus, the Long Beach area (that includes Oysterville) has had 0.00 rainfall in August. And according to the Chinook Observer. we've had no "appreciable" rainfall since April. Here at my house, I had no running water...
There was a lot of peeling and chopping and dicing and pulsing in my kitchen this afternoon. And laughing and wondering, too. My neighbor, Carol, came over to assist me with a recipe for a soup she'd never heard of and one I'd never attempted. ...
I am sitting here all puffed up and rosy after hearing myself on the KMUN program "River Writers" being interviewed by Dayle Olson. She is without a doubt THE best interviewer I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I say that because our...
A first cousin once removed (Alex), a first cousin twice removed (Maddie) and their "better third" (Katie) arrived Friday for a whirl-wind visit. Their first stop (after a luggage deposit at the house) was the cemetery where they placed a flower...
I've never been hunting -- not with bow and arrow or shotgun or rifle or even a slingshot. But I've read a lot of books and know that there are some hunters who, seemingly, have to work hard at their job and others who seem born to the task. On a...
According to the Washington State Legislature online site: RCW 36.28.025 dealing with Qualifications for the office of sheriff says: A person who files a declaration of candidacy for the office of sheriff after September 1, 1979, shall have,...
It's always hard for me to think of Sunday as the first day of the week. After all, it's the last day of the weekEND. Even when I was a child I was confused by that. And then the new school week (which became a work week when I began teaching)...