Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place: Remembering a whole lot about a land that time forgot
It’s always good to hear visitors marvel at our beautiful sights here on the Rock. Last fall, while…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place: Happy trails to you, until we meet in Coupeville
Over Christmas and New Year’s, some friends sat around our house sharing favorite memories over hot cider. I…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place: Thanks, Whidbey, for everything you have, every day
I know it sounds a bit Pollyanna-ish, but living here on the Rock does make me think it’s…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place | Is there anything more useless here than an umbrella?
About this time of year, as the drizzle sets in and the darkness hastens earlier every day, friends…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place: Enjoying summer and reveling in Whidbey’s zeitgeist
As this gorgeous, very busy, sun-filled, hot, dry summer on the Rock draws to a close, I am…
Opinion
More precious than gold: People with a trade skill
A plaintive, sometimes desperate cry is echoed all over the Rock these days from Deception Pass to Scatchet…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place: Notions hatched while waiting in line for new pavement
Our Scenic Isle Way on the Rock — less poetically known as state Highway 525/20 — has become…
Life
Couple leaves buzz of Seattle to create own buzz on Whidbey
It’s easy these days to be amazed by the background and accomplishments of the growing number of folks…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place: Giving more than a whit while off the Rock on vacation
Every once in a while I take a vacation off the Rock. Not least it helps to remind…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place: Smile! That cold, dasty winter is finally behind us
I know it’s hard for us to agree on almost anything these days, but might we at least…
Life
Rock In a Hard Place: An elegy for much more than a barn
The Smith barn burned down this week. Pretty much all of us on the Rock knew it. Whizzing…
Life
Rockin’ A Hard Place| Hello, Gorgeous! City, shining — on Hill, waterfront attached
Greetings, Oak Harbor. I am delighted that my monthly musings about life on Whidbey Island will now appear…
Opinion
Farewell, Examiner. You taught me a lot about the Rock
It’s always tough to say goodbye to an old friend, especially one I have loved as dearly as…