Friday, February 16, 2014 I'm not crazy about the wind. Especially the east wind. It's always in a such a great hurry to rush across the bay and through the cracks and crannies of this old house. Our "state of the art" heat pump doesn't have a...
February 15, 2024 The highest compliment that my Great Aunt Dora Espy Wilson could pay to another woman was to refer to her as "a fine double-breasted sort of woman!" As a youngster, I always wondered exactly what she meant by that, but it was...
February 14, 2024 I certainly didn't plan my day the way it turned out. Nor did I intend to spend it with this particular companion. But, sometimes, you just need to do whatever is required and hope that it beats whatever the alternative might...
The March 6th History Forum will be taking a look at fishing in Pacific County -- fresh water, saltwater, by lines and nets and baskets and traps from the traditions of our local Chinooks to the development of the commercial and sports fishing...
February 12, 2024 "They" say the grieving process can take two years or more. Some say there are five stages to get through. Some say there are seven. And dealing with a suicide, they say, is different. No one talks about a double suicide,...
When you're one of the shorter ones, it's hard to see everybody in an SRO crowd but, even so, it seemed like everyone I knew was at the Joel Underwood concert tonight in Ilwaco. The event was a benefit for the Ilwaco crabbers whose crab pots were...
I've been thinking a lot about our February 6th History Forum -- the one on logging that I wrote about on February 7th. Like many who attended, my expectation (and, truth to tell, my hope) was to hear from old loggers about their experiences in...
Consensual co-suicides. A long time in the planning. Only a few friends knew. Thank goodness I wasn't one, They wanted to take their leave When they were both still healthy, Still enjoying life. and with money to leave behind. And the hell with the...
Today's History Forum was one of the best yet -- not necessarily subject-wise (although that was fabulous) and not necessarily because of the visual aids (there were technical problems). But this Forum, our sixth, definitely involved the most...
February 6. 2024 Where was I when the sky was showing off? Or was Tucker the only one it was struttin' its stuff for? Do you think it's because he has an artist's eye? Or does he spend more time looking than the we do? Perhaps he and the heavens...
I wonder if I'll ever get used to being the oldest one in most of the gatherings I attend. Not only that, I'm often the only one whose family has lived here through six generations, me being within the fourth one! Increasingly, I find that in...
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,...