Marc J. Elzenbeck It’s always sunny in San Diego. Even on November 26th, 2025, the start of Thanksgiving weekend, it was still great for driving convertibles. Hugo Parra and Ariel Beltran decided to make that afternoon even better. They hopped into Ariel’s red Alfa Romeo and drove from their apartment complex over to the Churchill…
The Flu This Time By Caitlin Rothermel The Loop has a reputation for being anti-vaccine. This is the case even though the only injectable drugs we’ve discussed are the COVID-19 mRNA (messenger RNA) shots. We can live with this. Let’s look now at the first mRNA flu vaccine, developed by Moderna and approved in August by…
By Andy Valencia As I mentioned last month, laptops tend to be tougher on the budget than a desktop PC. Buyers want a big, bright screen, a keyboard with a crisp feel, and lightning-fast performance. All this while everything is paper-thin and weighs less than your phone. Oh, and it runs all day on one…
“Hate” is the ultimate negative emotion. And yet, it is totally overused. If someone takes a position you don’t like, or heaven forbid, you cannot factually refute, you call them a “hater” who is using “hate speech.” That is the problem. When everything is hate speech, nothing is hate speech. It just so happens that…
By Erin Durrett Friday September 18th we on Vashon will have a chance to learn the sacred dance of fire, passion, devotion to the ancestors, the Earth, and all beings – haka, the great dance of the Māori people of Aotearoa, New Zealand. This ancient dance carries powerful symbolism and spiritual power, and is fun…
By Emilia Flor As the light shifts and the air turns crisp, we step into Autumn with open hands and full hearts – the season of harvest, of orchards heavy with fruit, waters rich with salmon, and farms giving up their bounty before the ground rests. This Autumn, we return to values … Regenerative agriculture….
By Rich Osborne It has been a good summer for performances. We saw “Rent” at the Vashon Center for the Arts. Spectacular. Strong cast, great musicians, the whole meal deal. A well-deserved standing ovation. I laughed, I cried, I remembered what it was like, performing in New York, in the late seventies. (Yes! I was…
Sunrise on the Reaping By Em Kiefer Many of you likely remember the craze The Hunger Games had on pop culture and teen fiction in the 2010s. Well, as of March of last year, many fans re-entered the world of The Hunger Games with Suzanne Collins’ newest installment of the series, Sunrise on the Reaping….
Part Three: Wingehaven, Shakespeare’s Shack, MacDonald’s Farm By Richard Odell Mike Sudduth, classmate, fellow Beall Greenhouse potting-shed drudge, and Vashon historical researcher, lent a hand with this article. Down deep into the canyon below the Falcon’s Nest, down to where you could hear waves break on the beach, you came upon another monumental relic; a…