Friday was the official start of summer. However, it was explained to me numerous times when I first moved here… Continue reading
THIS IS AN aside. Maybe because I’m beginning with it, it’s an affront. No, I intended no affront. All I intended was to warn everyone… Continue reading
SO FAR THIS late spring we’ve experienced many days with wonderful weather to ride in, haven’t we? While I wasn’t able to participate this year,… Continue reading
Leif Olson, Olympic Medical Center Auxiliary president, has announced six donations to Olympic Medical Center departments for medical equipment as part of… Continue reading
CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION from May about camp cooking, recently we camped on a cobble beach on the Hoh River. Enjoying the day, we didn’t notice… Continue reading
Drag races, a Disabled Hikers-led outing and traditional Irish music are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available on… Continue reading
IMAGINATION. CHILDREN USUALLY have very good imaginations. Adults? Not so much. As we grow older, we often become ensnared by observable, comprehendible, explainable facts. Reason… Continue reading
Wendy Boyd, left, and Karol Gray, both of Port Angeles, escape the heat by playing fetch with dogs Buddy, left, and Cream along the shore… Continue reading
SINCE I GAVE you a large to-do list two weeks in a row, let me pile on yet another chore. As you know, Lavender Fest… Continue reading
I’M ALL ATWITTER. I have a new acronym to play with! Ready? It’s LTCTA. … Hmm … that’s not near as much fun, when you… Continue reading
International Surfing Day, Peninsula Dream Machines’ Hot Rods and Hot Dogs, a crabbing lecture and a low-tide beach walk are among the upcoming activities on… Continue reading
SO MUCH IN our society seems broken right now: our democracy, our relationship to the natural world, our tolerance for cruelty and hate, and the… Continue reading
Kelin Schaafsma of Sequim and her son Asher Schaafsma, 3, play in sand on the shores of Sequim Bay at Port Williams County Park as… Continue reading
Otherwise known as: How my doughnuts went terribly wrong
I HOPE EVERYONE has been very busy this last week with the to-do list, otherwise with today’s continuing job list you will be as busy… Continue reading
THIS IS GOING to be one of those “gobbledygook” columns, meaning that it’s going to be about a couple of specific programs. If everything is… Continue reading
IT WAS SO good seeing the old gang at last weekend’s Patterned Speed Horse Show. There, I saw something old, something new, something borrowed and… Continue reading
The Christian Motorcycles Association will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday. The club meets at the Mariner Cafe, 609 W. Washington St. The meetings… Continue reading
“HONOR YOUR FATHER and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12… Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: Alice Alexander has retired from writing the Back When Clallam County history column. Taking over her role is John McNutt, president of the… Continue reading
