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BIRD WATCH: ‘Inland Sea’ ideal and easy place to enjoy birding

SOMETHING ABOUT THE lone gull perched on top of the ferry landing’s dolphin was different. It looked smaller than the familiar glaucous-winged that are so… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Remember: New Medicare numbers are coming

DO WE ALL remember that Social Security numbers are coming off our Medicare cards? Right: More than a few of us have been observing for… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: 4-H leader helps youths grow

HORSEPLAY: 4-H leader helps youths grow

GROWING UP, I was the kid in the family that my parents pointed to and said, “She’s horse-crazy.” I disagreed then and now because I… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: 4-H leader helps youths grow
PENINSULA KITCHEN: Homemade fruit leather makes a good snack

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Homemade fruit leather makes a good snack

IN HER MOST recent Peninsula Kitchen column, Carrie Sanford shared some great tips for maintaining sanity on a cross-country road trip by being mindful of… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Homemade fruit leather makes a good snack
Creme Tangerine.

Port Angeles winery’s 2017 summer concert series features variety in lineup

Olympic Cellars Winery’s 2017 summer concert series kicked off July 22 with the West Coast Women’s Blues Revue and continues through late… Continue reading

Creme Tangerine.
Annual art show, sale is back for Sequim Lavender Weekend

Annual art show, sale is back for Sequim Lavender Weekend

Art Jam is gearing up for its annual art show and sale just in time for Sequim Lavender Weekend. This year, the show… Continue reading

Annual art show, sale is back for Sequim Lavender Weekend
See an art form unique to the Pacific Northwest at the Lavender Weekend Driftwood Art Show, set from 10 a.m. to 
5 p.m. daily today through Sunday in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. Pictured is “Twist of Fate” by Tuttie Peetz.

A Northwest ‘twist’ on driftwood art to be presented at show

An art form unique to the Pacific Northwest will be displayed at the Lavender Weekend Driftwood Art Show today through Sunday. The show… Continue reading

See an art form unique to the Pacific Northwest at the Lavender Weekend Driftwood Art Show, set from 10 a.m. to 
5 p.m. daily today through Sunday in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. Pictured is “Twist of Fate” by Tuttie Peetz.

ISSUES OF FAITH: Guard against ridicule; instead, season conversation with salt

AFTER READING A news article yesterday on the MSN home page, I scrolled to the bottom of the page to read some of the comments.… Continue reading

Long Rifle rendezvous, tall ship visit on Peninsula

A Peninsula Long Rifle rendezvous, a visit from a tall ship and a hoedown are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information… Continue reading

Tickets available for Dine on the Dungeness on historic bridge

Tickets are available now for the Dungeness River Audubon Center’s third annual dinner on the historic bridge in Railroad Bridge Park set for… Continue reading

Port Angeles concert, dinner Saturday to reap funds for land conservation

Port Angeles concert, dinner Saturday to reap funds for land conservation

Summertime is the perfect time to rock out while helping conserve some local farmland. The North Olympic Land Trust will host the… Continue reading

Port Angeles concert, dinner Saturday to reap funds for land conservation
Trellising makes use of space in the garden.

Saturday workshop touches on growing plants in small spaces

Clallam County Master Gardeners Bob Cain and Bev Morrow and coordinator Lorrie Hamilton will discuss how to successfully grow a vegetable or ornamental… Continue reading

Trellising makes use of space in the garden.

A GROWING CONCERN: Constant vigilance increases garden health

WITH LAST WEEK’S column, I now embark on my third decade of writing about gardening. My first column was published July 2, 1997. So let… Continue reading

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts

When Murph Gerber, 74, quilts, she likes to go big. “I mostly make king-size quilts,” she… Continue reading

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts
BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend

BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend

A MARCH 15, 1900, Morning Leader article, filed in the Jefferson County Historical Society Research Center Obituary notebook, is titled “Two Beechers Pass Away.” The… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend

BIRD WATCH: Water brings many bird sightings

THANKS TO OUR cold, wet spring, the weeds took over various parts of the yard. One of those was the manmade waterfall and its stream… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Why do we fear and hate aging?

SOMETIMES, WHEN I have nothing else productive to do, I actually think about things I say. Apparently this is one of those times. One of… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Simple questions lead the way to knowing one’s self

THESE “LAZY, HAZY, crazy days of summer” provide us with an opportunity to consider our lives from a different perspective. Not the narrowed intensity and… Continue reading

New exhibit features contemporary native arts

Combining age-old Native weaving and sewing methods, seven Jamestown S’Klallam women have used materials including Western red cedar bark, sweet grass, deer hide… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: A theme can pull a yard together

A GROWING CONCERN: A theme can pull a yard together

SO IT LOOKS like I have to travel more often. Whereas I just completed my second trip to San Antonio, leaving June 23 to see… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: A theme can pull a yard together