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Gardener says goodbye to organic garden she helped grow

Gardener says goodbye to organic garden she helped grow

For more than nine years, Liz Harper has helped cultivate the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim. She and dozens of other gardeners have… Continue reading

Gardener says goodbye to organic garden she helped grow
A GROWING CONCERN: The science behind those breathtaking autumn colors

A GROWING CONCERN: The science behind those breathtaking autumn colors

WHAT MAKES SOME leaves red, others orange, others from greens to yellow or gold, some purple or ember? Why are there good years, bad years,… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: The science behind those breathtaking autumn colors

CARSON BIRDING: Brush up on gull identification to stave off confusion

“YOUR GULLS COULD eat ours!” That’s the impression our glaucous-winged gulls made on friends visiting from Australia. I think Don was only half-joking. Australia’s common… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Time to change Part D if you wish to

THIS COLUMN IS going to be about Medicare. If you are relatively new to Medicare or teetering on the brink thereof, it might be genuinely… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: A fun time had at River Fest

HORSEPLAY: A fun time had at River Fest

IT WAS A beautiful sunny day Sept. 30 when I swung by the 18th annual Audubon center’s River Festival at Sequim’s Railroad Bridge Park. While… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: A fun time had at River Fest
PENINSULA KITCHEN: Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup provide fall comfort food

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup provide fall comfort food

THE ULTIMATE KIDDO compliment: “Mama, your homemade tomato soup tastes just like the stuff from a can.” That was uttered more than six years ago… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup provide fall comfort food

Free Saturday matinees screened at Sequim Library

Break out the popcorn — it’s family movie night. The Sequim Library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. will revive its Family Flicks movie… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Check your ego and ask Jesus for help

HEAVEN OR HELL, one thing we know for sure is that our soul is meant for eternity. Our words, our actions, our faith, will hold… Continue reading

Canoe journeys documented in exhibit of photographs

The Peninsula College Longhouse Art Gallery will present an exhibit, “Intertribal Canoe Journeys on the Salish Sea,” in the House of Learning… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: As temps, colors change, don’t shirk garden duties

SOON, A RAINBOW of color will wash all of the deciduous trees around us with the magnificent colors of fall foliage. October is the beginning… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Memories of Port Angeles grocery store shared

BACK WHEN: Memories of Port Angeles grocery store shared

SEVERAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED the Lindberg Open Air Market at Fourth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles from the September picture of the month. Judi Lindberg… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Memories of Port Angeles grocery store shared

BIRD WATCH: Mysteries of migration produce surprise visitors

WHEN A GOOD friend arrives and it has been several months since you last saw them, it’s a happy day. Two such “friends” arrived this… Continue reading

Catch and create: Sequim artist inspired by fishing tales

Catch and create: Sequim artist inspired by fishing tales

In most years, artist Luke Filmer can trade his labor of love for his passion of fishing for two one-month trips into the… Continue reading

Catch and create: Sequim artist inspired by fishing tales

HELP LINE: Elder women don’t have to ‘cave’ to their children

I HAD PLANNED to talk a bit more about Alzheimer’s disease in today’s column, but something else came up. It’s something that comes up every… Continue reading

‘FDR’ is returning to the Olympic Peninsula

‘FDR’ is returning to the Olympic Peninsula

Scott Larsen is hoping the weather will be dry and sunny when he visits Port Angeles and the Olympic Peninsula on Sept. 30, unlike 80… Continue reading

‘FDR’ is returning to the Olympic Peninsula
Trumpeter swans. (Dow Lambert)

Audubon group seeks volunteers for swan study

Once again, a group of citizen scientists are joining local and out-of-area birders to keep their eyes on returning swans. Since 2011, members… Continue reading

Trumpeter swans. (Dow Lambert)

Concert to bolster funds for Sequim Food Bank’s holiday boxes

Composer Brenda Jennings will play her own arrangements of sacred music at a performance benefiting the Sequim Food Bank at 5 p.m. Sunday.… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: In light of tragedies, how should we respond?

WILDFIRES HAVE RECENTLY ravaged forests and property in the Pacific Northwest, including the Jolly Mountain fire near my hometown of Cle Elum. Hurricane Harvey collided… Continue reading

YMCA’s Exercise and Thrive open to cancer survivors

Area cancer survivors have access to a free strength-and-wellness program designed specifically for them thanks to a partnership between the Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Prepare protections for plants before first frost

WITH ALL THE work I gave you the last two weeks, I am sure as you look across your garden and yard today (Day 9… Continue reading