The Vashon Loop

Dogfish.. Ugly as they are, were once considered worthy of low level individual commercial fishing in the Sound. According to John’s grandfather, dogfish were actually canned and sold in the area during WWII under...

In the late summer of 1975, a restaurant called Sound Food opened a couple of miles south of town on the Main Highway. The restaurant was funded by several partners, of whom the most...

For a supper that includes the Valentine’s Day motifs of the color red and a heart shape, you might try a heart-shaped Salisbury steak. It comes to the table under a blanket of red...

If we are to “build back better” as President Biden claims he wants to do, we will have to take bold steps and invest a lot of resources to make the sustainable economy that...

You may be thinking that the title here is a bit old and dated and derivative, and you may be right. The thing is, I had been thinking about this general idea for the...

One early morning, when the mist hung over the small lake, screaming and cursing came from the direction of the outhouse that Frank had asked me to build.  I had found two trees not...

Open Space for Arts and Community is expanding a new initiative to hire writers to create public art. “The Literary Project” is a literary flash fiction/prose poetry project by Island writers. The goal of...

We were all hurt by the insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6. Honestly, I would like to ignore the seriousness of the situation. It is the time of year when I...

We’re still in the flu season. I’m still working on getting my energy back from my this-years edition of The Flu. Many of you probably are. Whatever sort of malady is going around when...

After a tumultuous two weeks, we will most likely see the end of Trump’s pall over the country and the possibility of a beginning of what could be the most thoughtful reorientation of our...

I believe somewhere back there, perhaps around the first impeachment of the former occupant of the White House, I mentioned that I thought a fitting purgatorial limbo land for his ass would be one...

Each year the Seattle Mariners Radio Network, WSECU and ESPN join forces to recognize 24 exceptional Washington State teachers with their Teacher of the Week Award. This year, Vashon High School Math teacher, Lisa...