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    Articles by Harry Anderson
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Thanks, Whidbey, for everything you have, every day
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Thanks, Whidbey, for everything...
    By Harry Anderson • November 22, 2017 1:30 am

    I know it sounds a bit Pollyanna-ish, but living here on the Rock does make me think it’s Thanksgiving every…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place | Is there anything more useless here than an umbrella?
    Rockin’ A Hard Place | Is there anything...
    By Harry Anderson • November 7, 2017 1:30 am

    About this time of year, as the drizzle sets in and the darkness hastens earlier every day, friends who visit…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Enjoying summer and reveling in Whidbey’s zeitgeist
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Enjoying summer and reveling...
    By Harry Anderson • September 12, 2017 1:30 am

    As this gorgeous, very busy, sun-filled, hot, dry summer on the Rock draws to a close, I am more appreciative…

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    More precious than gold: People with a trade skill
    More precious than gold: People with a trade...
    By Harry Anderson • August 8, 2017 1:30 am

    A plaintive, sometimes desperate cry is echoed all over the Rock these days from Deception Pass to Scatchet Head and…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Notions hatched while waiting in line for new pavement
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Notions hatched while waiting...
    By Harry Anderson • June 30, 2017 1:30 am

    Our Scenic Isle Way on the Rock — less poetically known as state Highway 525/20 — has become even more…

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    Couple leaves buzz of Seattle to create own buzz on Whidbey
    Couple leaves buzz of Seattle to create own...
    By Harry Anderson • June 13, 2017 1:30 am

    It’s easy these days to be amazed by the background and accomplishments of the growing number of folks who move…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Giving more than a whit while off the Rock on vacation
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Giving more than a...
    By Harry Anderson • May 5, 2017 1:30 am

    Every once in a while I take a vacation off the Rock. Not least it helps to remind me why…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Smile! That cold, dasty winter is finally behind us
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Smile! That cold, dasty...
    By Harry Anderson • March 31, 2017 1:30 am

    I know it’s hard for us to agree on almost anything these days, but might we at least acknowledge that…

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    Rock In a Hard Place: An elegy for much more than a barn
    Rock In a Hard Place: An elegy for...
    By Harry Anderson • March 10, 2017 1:30 am

    The Smith barn burned down this week. Pretty much all of us on the Rock knew it. Whizzing through Coupeville…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place| Hello, Gorgeous! City, shining — on Hill, waterfront attached
    Rockin’ A Hard Place| Hello, Gorgeous! City, shining...
    By Harry Anderson • March 3, 2017 1:30 am

    Greetings, Oak Harbor. I am delighted that my monthly musings about life on Whidbey Island will now appear in the…

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    Farewell, Examiner. You taught me a lot about the Rock
    Farewell, Examiner. You taught me a lot about...
    By Harry Anderson • January 19, 2017 1:30 am

    It’s always tough to say goodbye to an old friend, especially one I have loved as dearly as The Whidbey…

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    Overstuffed and underfed: A holiday tale on the rock
    Overstuffed and underfed: A holiday tale on the...
    By Harry Anderson • January 4, 2017 1:30 am

    As I think about all the great food and drink I consumed over the holidays, all the loved ones I…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Enjoying the beauty of nature’s holiday decorations
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Enjoying the beauty of...
    By Harry Anderson • December 7, 2016 1:30 am

    I hear a lot of folks on our Rock saying that, this year more than ever, they’re looking forward to…

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