This is one of those Connect-the-Dots blogs. The first item concerns the Pacific County History Forum and its final focus for the year -- transportation. (This is NOT next week's Forum which is about Wrecks'N'Rescues. This is a...
I went visiting this afternoon -- four houses north and two generations south. It was a hubbub of activity at the Red House as it has always been my live-long life! Those cousins of mine can pack more activities and fun into a short stay than any...
Chef Nyel sent us intrepid ones off to tideflats to get a few clams for the paella. "A couple of dozen should be plenty," said he, and off we went -- Alex and three of his kids with me as guide. It was seven ayem; Charlie slept in. The morning...
Now that the tide has decided to stay within its normal boundaries and not wander around while high, Lake Little has also resumed it's usual winter size. Granted, it fluctuates with the amount of rain we must all endure, but it seems to call out...
Yesterday afternoon the bay came calling. Right into Oysterville she came just as bold as can be. Quietly. Relentlessly. Creeping, creeping on and ever onward. First she passed right by her usual stopping place. Up and over the bank she came. ...
When I was growing up, there were only two sacrosanct rules: obey the person in charge and be mindful of the tide. The first edict applied everywhere; the second, only to my summers on Willapa Bay and/or when at the beach. Those words to live by...
Despite the title of today’s blog, I really want to talk about oysters, not fruit – well maybe ‘fruits de mer’ on a fancy French menu. I am continuously amazed at how sparse my knowledge is of the Willapa Bay oyster industry, especially...
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...
Last night we sacrificed our usual Saturday night date with Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer (in the re-run of “A Time Goes By”) to go hiking.! It was a highly unusual undertaking for us and we wouldn’t have missed it for the world! The occasion,...
Although I am a Pisces, I’m not really a water person except in one respect: I love being near the water and watching any activity taking place on it. I guess I am a water voyeur. And, for a great view of what’s happening out on Willapa Bay, our...
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...
Triumph! The other day the doorbell rang and there was Tucker with a smile as wide as all outdoors. He was holding something I thought at first glance to be a campaign sign. It was the right shape and size – a long stick-like part and, on its...