The Vashon Loop

Vashon Events has done it again! The nonprofit organization just release the second volume of their popular Vashon Calling series, which is an annual compilation album of songs by local musicians. Vashon Calling II...

I’ve lived on outer Quartermaster for the past sixteen years and have never locked myself out.  John Sweetman, a friend of forty years, has never complained or refused to feed my cat while I...

It will be the day after Veterans’ Day when this essay hits print, so I am going to ramble on about the veterans in my family. My grandfather, Percy Litchfield, served in World War I....

The biscuits below can be made with 1 ¾ cups of barley flour for a produce that’s less expensive and low on the glycemic index product. But if you or anyone else in your...

Slightly more than half of us are breathing a huge sigh of relief.  The problem is that we don’t know how the other half, which is hugely disappointed, is going to react.  This divide...

Sometime last week, a friend of mine recommended that we journey on over to the Netflix box on the multi-faceted display page on our sort of big teevee, and tune in to a show...

Mukai Farm & Garden has a new series of Mukai Master Class online experiences that encourage us to dig deeper into the food, culture and art of the Japanese and Asian American experience. The...

Island photographer and educator, Barbara Gustafson, has just released her newest children’s book entitled “A Vashon Adventure through the Alphabet.”  Filled with colorful images of Vashon’s  rural, unique, and iconic sights, this book is...

Our Grandma Ollie was one of five daughters of a wheat farmer in the Palouse south of Spokane.  Though she was married to a giant in the food distribution industry, she never shed the...

We are having a rough time after all these months of the “new normal.” The pandemic, economic and housing struggles, and our racist chickens once more coming home to roost. I am calling it American...

Were you lucky enough to find an edible pumpkin for your jack-o-lantern? If so, you can peel it, cut it into 1-inch squares, and steam it. When it’s very tender, puree it in a...

Eight months is a long time for your life to be in upheaval to a greater or lesser extent.  For people who have lost their job and/or have school-age children and/or have little in...