“I’M EXCITED FOR 2019,” Kristin told me. In my fatigued state, I want some of that. Kristin Halberg of the Dream Hatchery (TheDreamHatchery.com) first got… Continue reading
One bright Sunday in November, Nina Jones took the day off to have a little party. It was her daughter Sarah’s 4th… Continue reading
Here in the Dungeness Valley, Michelle and John Bonifazio found the life they were looking for. They had met and married in Southern… Continue reading
Wearing an impish smile, Carol Curtis will tell you: “I lived a semi-wild… Continue reading
The show is irreverent and reverent. It’s sweet. It’s tart. And you have to hear the songs to believe and sing along… Continue reading
She’s been a female incarnation of Scrooge for weeks. And Vickie Daignault, a nationally-known actor recently alighted at the Key City Playhouse,… Continue reading
WE LIVE IN various kinds of families. Parents and siblings, yes, but our circles of friends and workmates form families, too. For Mary Hogan, her… Continue reading
In Alexis Haire’s life, the support that came around is now going around. Haire, 31, lives in a spacious house she built… Continue reading
When you walk into your kitchen to create the big holiday meal, you can take one thing for granted: the ground beneath… Continue reading
When the man in the charcoal-gray scrubs smiles and says, “I’m Joe,” you know you’re not in the average dental office. People… Continue reading
“I’LL GO ANYWHERE,” she told me. Marilyn Perkins is a recovery nurse, there when a child awakens after major surgery. In hospitals from El Salvador… Continue reading
Trina Sloan’s dream is to live as an independent woman, working and… Continue reading
Now, a leap forward. For the first time, local Ballet Workshop dancers are stepping into key roles in “The Nutcracker,” which will… Continue reading
If flamenco dance, song and guitar are siblings, their grandparents are Gypsies, Jews, Arabs, Spanish Andalusians and Africans. They were travelers, people… Continue reading
Jack Hopkins didn’t see this good thing coming. An Army veteran, a… Continue reading
Leah feels like she hasn’t seen her handsome young husband in weeks. Mark works 12-hour days and spends nights writing his book.… Continue reading
MAKING MUSIC WITH people, emphasis on with: That’s what Kate liked to do. The notes were her first language; they flowed on stage when she… Continue reading
Daniel Toepper was leading Wednesday in the race for the Jefferson County Public Utilities District commissioner seat. It looked like a squeaker… Continue reading
PUERTO RICO WASN’T what I expected. Invited on a yoga retreat there in mid-October, I flew in with eyes wide and wondering. What effects of… Continue reading
“Today I say to you, thank you so much. “This day means so much to me. I finished my professional educational career, and… Continue reading