I am a member of the Sirius/XM satellite radio nation, and have been for some time now. My brother was the one to introduce such programming to me years ago when he was a cutting edge listener and I a channel switcher between songs to avoid the commercials. Eventually I purchased a car with the service and I’ve been a devotee ever since.
I particularly like how I can hurry out the door and listen to the same international news feeds I was watching on my TV while getting ready at home. I also like the fact that with one stoke of a preset button I am catapulted back to the 70s, where the sounds of James Taylor, The Rolling Stones, or the Bee Gees take me to a time when I was a teenager and music filled my world. My parents would say it was constant and loud back then. I would say it was essential and expressed the sentiments of my generation.
A throng of penny-pinching shoppers searching for the best deals on Whidbey Island will venture to Coupeville Elementary School this weekend.
Shoppers will line up at the starting line eagerly awaiting the horn to blow that kicks off the annual Coupeville Lions Club garage sale.
The annual garage sale takes place June 27 and June 28 in and around the school’s multipurpose room.
A concert by the Evergreen Chorale, traveling all the way from Holland, Mich., will be presented Friday, June 26, at…
Boats of all sizes will be on display this weekend as the Coupeville Wharfest takes place.
Now in its third year, Wharfest will feature everything from kayaks to sailboats. There’s even a chance a hovercraft will show up for the weekend’s festivities.
The Race Road Fire Station in Greenbank may seem like an unlikely place to find painters, but for the last 16 years, a group of women have met there each Tuesday to create a diverse brand of art.
The Whidbey Playhouse has filled out its cast for its debut of “Seussical, the Musical” coming this July.
The nondescript bushes are overlooked 11 months of the year on Whidbey Island, but in June the flowers pop out and suddenly we’re decorated with wild roses.
I stood in front of the Father’s Day selection of cards this week and allowed myself five minutes to read…
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same, senior Ashley Bass told hundreds of newly minted Oak Harbor High School graduates Monday.
Auditions for the Musical “Zombies from the Beyond” are being held at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd in Oak Harbor. The show will be auditioning Monday and Tuesday, June 15 to 16, at 7 p.m. and will be in rehearsal until opening Sept. 5. The show will run weekends in September, closing Oct. 3.
I’ve been writing Faithful Living for 15 years and I shook my head in amazement this week when I looked back on an early column suggesting ways to stay connected with friends and loved ones.
When health officials temporarily shut down her dance studio last month, Oak Harbor ballet instructor Diane Geragotelis didn’t have to go begging for assistance.
Local business owners befriended her and quickly pitched in to help restore a ballet performance that was almost wrecked.
This week I purchased Harris’ Farmer’s Almanac at the grocery store because it is on my list of things I believe I must experience. Immediately underneath this personal listing of mine I’ve written, “Watch ‘Gone with the Wind’.” This will be difficult because I’m famous for taking cat naps. Don’t tell my husband Matt, but I have no memory of the final 30 minutes of “Night at the Museum 2,” which was the focus of our date night this week. I was true to form and easily fell asleep sitting upright, but fortunately recovered quickly from my nap to proclaim, “That was really cute!” at the conclusion of the movie.