With the plywood snowmen now up around Coupeville and the plywood toy soldiers now up on Pioneer Way in Oak…
How’s this for an idyllic childhood? A large family with seven kids — four girls, three boys — moves from…
I think I was born with printer’s ink in my veins. When I was 3 years old, I sat on…
I’m just back from a three-week dream vacation to Ireland.
Annual Coupeville event hits 54
I am old enough to remember the summer of 1958, when a rockabilly singer named Eddie Cochran released a song…
As soon as I moved to the Rock nine years ago, friends kept telling me, “You absolutely have to go…
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…
