By Daniel Hooker Olga and I met at our Vashon Library, to complete the second part of her story (“There’s No Place Like Home.”) I listen to Olga and the details of her intensive caring for two raccoon cubs. From the after-meal belly massages (feeding being done with a small eye dropper of a bottle),…
By Jane Valencia Mabel Moses, a graduate of University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry, now lives on Haida Gwaii. Part 1 of this series appeared in our April 2025 issue. In Part 2, we spend some time in the forest. All quotes in this article are from Mabel Moses. In Part 1, Mabel spoke…
By Stephen Buller Save for a rainy day. Invest for the future. We all know these nuggets of wisdom, so why – by recent surveys – Junedo one in four Americans have less than $1,000 in savings and only around half feel ready for a $400 emergency expense? The obvious answer is wages are too…
“I have never been so much my own self as when I have set out on foot and alone. There is something about walking that animates and activates my ideas. I can hardly think at all when I am still; my body must move if my mind is to do the same. The sight of…
By Leigh Siergiewicz Women tell me all the time they think their hormones are imbalanced; they are tired, have brain fog, digestive issues, hair-shedding that seems excessive, carbohydrate cravings, and poor sleep. These symptoms could be caused by many different things, and with a full evaluation we can identify the cause. Even if hormones are…
By Suzanna Leigh and Marjorie Watkins These days Marj’s words come slowly and painfully, as she sometimes tells us a story she has told many times before, and sometimes a new one. Today, she told us about a boy she knew who lived under a bridge. It was back in the Depression days. He lived…
Mukai Farm & Garden is proud to announce the winners of the Mukai Haiku Festival 2025. The festival received over a hundred haiku from twelve countries around the world. The prize winners and their haiku are below. Youth 5-13 1st: Aiden Hermmans Jungle Green, leafy, wet, coolIt is an ecosystemCanopy of life 2nd: Peter T….
By Daniel Hooker Q: What do you call a lazy opossum? A: A pouch potato. Editor’s note: This is a correction of this joke printed in the May issue. ~ Q: What events do spiders like to attend? A: Webinars. ~ Q: What type of bat loves doorbells? A: Ding bats. ~ Q: How did…
By Alex Soriano The Observant Frog’s Log by Alex Soriano