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    Articles by Harry Anderson
    A venerable local captain acquires three new — and young — commanders
    A venerable local captain acquires three new —...
    By Harry Anderson • May 8, 2018 1:30 am

    The Captain Whidbey Inn, a beloved Central Whidbey landmark, has been around for 111 years. Last week, as we sat…

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    Trading her keyboard for kale: A rock farmer’s tale
    Trading her keyboard for kale: A rock farmer’s...
    By Harry Anderson • April 10, 2018 1:30 am

    Farmers have little time for chit-chat. If it’s not planting time, it’s harvest time, or it’s time to clean the…

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    Spotting a few moments of world peace during Musselfest
    Spotting a few moments of world peace during...
    By Harry Anderson • March 13, 2018 1:30 am

    The first weekend in March I toiled as a volunteer over a hot grill, cooking and selling “prairie dogs” at…

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    Celebrations, events planned to honor of 40th anniversary of Ebey’s Reserve
    Celebrations, events planned to honor of 40th anniversary...
    By Harry Anderson • February 27, 2018 1:30 am

    Special events throughout 2018 will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, a community…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Remembering a whole lot about a land that time forgot
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Remembering a whole lot...
    By Harry Anderson • February 16, 2018 1:30 am

    It’s always good to hear visitors marvel at our beautiful sights here on the Rock. Last fall, while taking a…

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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Happy trails to you, until we meet in Coupeville
    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Happy trails to you,...
    By Harry Anderson • January 16, 2018 1:30 am

    Over Christmas and New Year’s, some friends sat around our house sharing favorite memories over hot cider. I chimed in…

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    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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