The Vashon Loop

John and I were sitting in the front room of my quaint log cabin, on a cliff above outer Quartermaster, recalling ferry stories: when I remembered the “burnt out clutch.” We were pulling away from...

The roadsides and the trails in the woods are lined with wild vegetables that the Indians who were on our beautiful island before us harvested and ate. We can enjoy them, too.  My son...

In a world gone mad – well, not all the world, but a few people with power disproportionate to their ability to handle power – it is consoling to find something that has remained...

I had a dream last night that I had gotten busted for speeding.  Neither the actual infraction nor any people were part of the dream. What I knew was that I had been doing...

There is a feeling I get sometimes- fortunately it is one that does not recur on a regular basis. It is a feeling that seems to start with a physical reaction in the stomach-...

Five hardworking and creative Chautauqua fourth and fifth graders walked away with top honors in the annual Heritage Museum history project contest.  Prizes were awarded at a celebration last Friday (April 26) at the...

VIVA Studio Tour, May 4th-5th and 11th-12th, 10am-5pm each day, map/brochures available at most Island businesses or online at VIVArtists.com Potter Estavan Roache’s earliest memories of clay go back to his childhood in Schenectady, NY,...

For the third year, Voice of Vashon will open its studio for GiveBIG Day. On May 8th, VOV will once again become Vashon’s GiveBIG Day broadcast hub from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. All...

Easter was a time of formal display of dress and behavior, as well as supervised fun and games.  We kids had mixed reactions. Mom wouldn’t give us her spoons to use for egg races because...

Have you been enjoying supermarket satay? This is chicken, pork, or beef cooked on a stick in a Thai manner.  It’s inexpensive and cooks super fast. You can make satay at home either on...

The cat and I were enjoying some sweet repose on the kitchen porch this morning, when we both heard a thump at the far end of the house. The cat was off like a shot,...

There are a couple words flying around lately that give important insight into why we can’t seem to get a fix on our multiple crises.  We jump from one to the next like a...