The Vashon Loop

Some dear friends have died recently, and in thinking about what I could do for grieving family members and friends, I went and looked up a piece I wrote a few weeks after my...

In cold weather, obviously, the majority vote  would be for hot soup to warm you up. That’s logical. In hot countries, logic demands cold soups, and this happens in Greece with a cucumber and...

I don’t watch commercial mainstream or cable news, but I do get snippets from them, both good and bad, through Alternet, Common Dreams, or some other news sources.  The other day, I saw one...

Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) is pleased to announce tickets go on sale August 1 for the 2018 annual Auction and Gala. Held over two evenings, September 21 and 22, the annual event showcases...

Vashon Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of six new members of the Board of Trustees, effective immediately. “We are incredibly excited to welcome an incredibly strong, diverse, and energized group...

If I’m remembering correctly (and who knows for sure anymore), I believe my first experience of infrared art photography was through the work of Minor White, who was a master of the zone system...

“Get me more spider webs.  I have to have more,” I yelled at Sister Molly.  She was in the barn and looking when she yelled back, “I’m scared they are going to attack me.” ...

Come join us on Saturday, August 25th from 9a.m.-noon for the annual VIPP DOG WALK at JENSEN POINT!  Register on site the day of the event as either an individual or a team participant......

A to Z Galleries (Aspidistra to Zebra), will open its second space on Vashon Island, called Rosebud, on Saturday, July 28th. After a ribbon-cutting at noon this niche boutique will be officially open to...

A couple of decades ago an elderly friend’s son who was in his late forties committed suicide. She commented that she was sorry that he would not live to know the joys of old...

That is the vegetable nutrition question. Some vegetables, carrots for instance, yield us more of their vitamins and minerals when we boil, fry, bake, or grill them. Others lose nutrients to the cooking water...

When I started writing this column seven and a half years ago, my purpose was to spread the word of about the Transition Movement, that man-made, catastrophic climate change was on the way and...