The holidays are a time for resting a bit from gardening tasks and especially a time for friends and family. Since gardening and birds often go together, if you’re lucky, you may see a snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) passing through this region. It’s also a good time to select and peruse gardening books for yourself […]
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Bookstores Still Treasured in West Sound
Everywhere we go these days, we see people looking at their phones, their tablets, their laptops, their e-readers. Electronically generated information and entertainment are part of our daily lives. We love the convenience of it and the portability. And yet, in the West Sound, there is a sincere, continued appreciation for a good, old-fashioned book. […]
Cooking Is a Family Affair
Millie Lindell gets to spend quite a bit of time with her five grandchildren. Both she and her adult son and daughter live on Fox Island, so the family spends a lot of time together. But Lindell wanted a special project with her grandkids — something that would create lifelong memories. The solution? A cookbook […]
Get The Dirt — On Home Gardening
Mountain Lions (Puma Concolor) Here kitty, kitty. Not really, but mountain lions are actually closely related to domestic cats. But when hungry, they can also prey on and eat domestic cats, so keep your cats safely indoors, at least during the hours of dusk to morning light. Most people call them cougars or mountain lions […]
50 Million Light-Years to Kitsap
The uniformed Transportation Security Administration officer at SeaTac airport stared at the thin, bald man standing in front of him and held up the passport he’d just been given, his eyes darting back and forth between the tiny photo and the man. After several tense seconds, he stared hard at the man and said, “Are […]
Debbie Macomber — Knitting Hope And Dreams
“…I know what it’s like to be told to throw your dream away. Some of you have been told to throw your dream away, too, and some of you actually believe that maybe those voices are right; maybe you aren’t cut out for this dream, this pursuit, and this passion that propels you forward. “I […]

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