Our region is filled with majestic places. As two kids growing up in King County, we experienced the trails and backcountry of Washington as our playground, shaping who we are and what we value. Though we both ventured afar to pursue academic and professional opportunities, we could not escape the hold of this region’s natural beauty and its access to open space. It played a prominent role in each of our decisions to return to King County.
Since our transition to a tab-format, we’ve received mostly positive feedback. People seem to like the way they can now…
I’d like to commend editor Leslie Brown for her even-handed coverage of the controversy at the Island’s airport (“Stormy weather hits Vashon’s quiet airport,” June 24).
You may have noticed that summer has arrived. This, of course, means three things.
Drama Dock is putting the finishing touches on a new production — a celebrated Broadway musical with an odd and edgy title.
The Fourth of July can be a tough holiday for some Island residents.
Puget Sound is a forested place. It is a forested place because the trees and other forest plants have adapted over the ages to the unique soils and climate that make up the growing environment of this place. The wild species of Puget Sound — from soil microbes to deer, goldfinches, eagles, salmon and orca whales — have in turn grown up with the forests and other natural communities of this part of the world. Together, these plants and animals — this biological signature — say very emphatically: HERE. This place right HERE. There is no other place on Earth like it.
How many times over the past years have you heard, “It takes a village to raise a child”? And we know it’s true and it works, especially on Vashon with its caring and inclusive environment. But did you know that the same village is needed to care for our elders and that essentially the same ratio of caregivers is required for both ends of the age spectrum?
My sweet godmother Pat Wittman, the first proudly Irish person I ever knew, died last week after a long illness, and so I found myself making an impromptu trek to Idaho to help my cousins and the rest of our big family lay her to rest.
Northwest plants: Some that are ripe now are good for body and soul.
Life’s Mysteries
Growing Up on Vashon
By Scarlet Foster-Moss Vashon Allied Arts’ announcement that the arts organization is a recipient of a $1.15 million dollar grant…
