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    Articles by Harry Anderson
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Balkanizing the Rock: What distrust may lead to
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Balkanizing the Rock: What...
    By Harry Anderson • July 12, 2019 1:30 am

    I’m just back from a dream trip along the coast of Slovenia and Croatia. Roman ruins everywhere, gorgeous sunsets, the…

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Chef adds farming to his resume
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Chef adds farming to...
    By Harry Anderson • May 10, 2019 1:30 am

    He’s about to turn 35, so it’s only natural that a creative spirit like Tyler Hansen would feel the urge…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Saddling up to find happy, peaceful, quiet trails for all
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Saddling up to find...
    By Harry Anderson • March 26, 2019 1:30 am

    You’d think I’d be used to it. The December through February funk. Dark, dank, depressing. We’ve all been told we…

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    ROCKIN’ A HARD PLACE: SPIN Café will finally get its spin | Corrected
    ROCKIN’ A HARD PLACE: SPIN Café will finally...
    By Harry Anderson • February 12, 2019 1:30 am

    O ak Harbor’s SPIN Café is about to get the spin cycle it was always supposed to have.

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    Sound Off: Newspaper appropriately followed five W’s, and H
    Sound Off: Newspaper appropriately followed five W’s, and...
    By Harry Anderson • January 25, 2019 1:30 am

    Since moving to our beloved Rock 10 years ago, I have been intrigued by the number of serious, often weird…

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    Rev. Peter H. Rood
    St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church gets a new rector-pastor
    By Harry Anderson • January 22, 2019 1:30 am

    The Rev. Peter H. Rood, an Episcopal priest and spiritual teacher, is the new rector and pastor for St. Stephen’s…

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: A rock dweller’s wish list for Christmas
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: A rock dweller’s wish...
    By Harry Anderson • December 7, 2018 1:30 am

    With the plywood snowmen now up around Coupeville and the plywood toy soldiers now up on Pioneer Way in Oak…

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    Doug Kroon stands on the porch of the old officer’s house at Camp Casey where his family once lived
    ROCKIN A HARD PLACE: Island life’s sweet for...
    By Harry Anderson • November 16, 2018 1:30 am

    How’s this for an idyllic childhood? A large family with seven kids — four girls, three boys — moves from…

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Want more in your newspaper? Subscribe
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Want more in your...
    By Harry Anderson • October 19, 2018 1:30 am

    I think I was born with printer’s ink in my veins. When I was 3 years old, I sat on…

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Some lessons we can learn from Irish
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Some lessons we can...
    By Harry Anderson • September 25, 2018 1:30 am

    I’m just back from a three-week dream vacation to Ireland.

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    The 1960s
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: From small roots to...
    By Harry Anderson • August 7, 2018 1:30 am

    Annual Coupeville event hits 54

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    Photo by Harry Anderson                                Cauliflower develops large tough leaves to protect the young head.
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: A cure for the...
    By Harry Anderson • July 17, 2018 1:30 am

    I am old enough to remember the summer of 1958, when a rockabilly singer named Eddie Cochran released a song…

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    Anderson at the parade.
    Marching, waving, saluting, singing … because it’s fun
    By Harry Anderson • June 5, 2018 1:30 am

    As soon as I moved to the Rock nine years ago, friends kept telling me, “You absolutely have to go…

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