Morning meditation at Lone Lake
With camping and travel on hold these days, my husband Bill and I appease these longings by visiting Lone Lake…
Fat Tuesday, Whidbey Island style
As a prelude to these forty days of reflection and abstinence during the Christian season of Lent, South Islanders celebrated…
Chasing the blues away with a sea float scramble
Typically the days following Christmas and New Years are a let down. But the Langley Main Street Association and glassmaker…
Helen Price Johnson–Getting real with her people
Our County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson exemplifies public service and inspires trust. Representing District One, which covers our whole island,…
Coming together rather than pulling apart
There’s remarkable kindness on our island these days. From Langley Main Street Association’s upbeat messages on village storefront windows to…
Clinton Beach —southern gateway to Whidbey Island
It is worth your while to visit Clinton Beach next to the ferry terminal. It’s a little public haven, a…
Prayerbody on a Sunday morning
Christine Tasseff runs Roots Landscaping and Restoration during the week and on Sundays leads a popular sacred dance gathering called…
What’s your reality?
The lunar eclipse aired January 20th and its show inspired genuine awe as the Earth’s shadow covered the moon and…
Keeping bread on the table for local artists
The week’s news that 22 million people nationwide are unemployed and small businesses are feeling the economic pinch, brings home…
Birding as real life instead of screen life
The impeachment hearings have riveted my focus since the holidays and I agree that 2020 is a Big Year. The…
What’s the story? Sno-Isle Libraries and Little Free Libraries in the times of coronavirus
With Sno-Isle libraries—and its five branches on Whidbey Island—closed since mid-March, patrons are redirected to access online resources for books,…
“Miracle” revisits the concert that hailed a new line of jets
The largest orchestra ever assembled on Whidbey will perform music written to launch a jet fleet 25 years ago. Langley…
What is important at year’s end
This year on Christmas day I was walking in Langley with my husband and son. They had gone shopping in…
Moonraker Books’ Enduring Legacy
Moonraker Books in Langley is a touchstone when one needs real conversation, to buy books, or when looking for a…
