The Captain Whidbey Inn, a beloved Central Whidbey landmark, has been around for 111 years. Last week, as we sat…
Farmers have little time for chit-chat. If it’s not planting time, it’s harvest time, or it’s time to clean the…
The first weekend in March I toiled as a volunteer over a hot grill, cooking and selling “prairie dogs” at…
Special events throughout 2018 will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, a community…
It’s always good to hear visitors marvel at our beautiful sights here on the Rock. Last fall, while taking a…
Over Christmas and New Year’s, some friends sat around our house sharing favorite memories over hot cider. I chimed in…
I know it sounds a bit Pollyanna-ish, but living here on the Rock does make me think it’s Thanksgiving every…
About this time of year, as the drizzle sets in and the darkness hastens earlier every day, friends who visit…
As this gorgeous, very busy, sun-filled, hot, dry summer on the Rock draws to a close, I am more appreciative…
A plaintive, sometimes desperate cry is echoed all over the Rock these days from Deception Pass to Scatchet Head and…
Our Scenic Isle Way on the Rock — less poetically known as state Highway 525/20 — has become even more…
It’s easy these days to be amazed by the background and accomplishments of the growing number of folks who move…
Every once in a while I take a vacation off the Rock. Not least it helps to remind me why…
