By Kavi Rana It feels impossible to create or run a business or just survive when the world is crumbling around us. I know everyone is going through it right now. Our paths and future are as uncertain as ever. I am grasping on to hope for humanity and for our planet as we navigate…
… Or, resistance is futile. By Michael Shook When cell phones first arrived, I thought they were swell. Here was a handy thing to have, especially since I worked in construction. I could call our driver and tell him to pick up some more 2×6’s, or to swing by the shop for the table saw,…
By Seán C. Malone and John Sweetman The origin of this story was probably about six years ago, when Seán and I were reviving a couple of old Motorola hand-held radios from his firefighting days. “Looks like we need batteries!” And Seán said, “Look in the freezer because I have several boxes of double A’s.”…
By Pam (aka Gates) Johnson When you think about it, sleep is kind of a weird thing. It is an altered state that can creep up on you at any time, day or night. When you are in it, you don’t know what is going on around you. Sometimes it is deep and unconscious. Sometimes…
By Dave B. Please, no more Audis? The Subaru PNW Outbacks are bad enough. I love all of you on Vashon, but when people come to the Island or move here and try to fit in, think about where you are? You are not in Seattle; Newport Beach; Boulder, Colorado; or anyplace else where it…
By Suzanna Leigh June 24th I was in La Conner scrubbing dark gray lichen off the boat hatch when I got the text. It was from R. “Hi Love, I just heard our friend Wesley passed away last weekend. Her memorial is 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 29th. Can you come?” Of course I will…
By Melanie Farmer Eclipses influence both political events and personal growth, with their effects rolling out over about six months. It’s rare to have consecutive eclipses impact the U.S., as we experienced in 2023 and 2024, and even over the past 10 years. Astrologers refer to these periods as “eclipse season” or “operating in the shadow of the…
Legends of Vashon By Tripper Harrison No one was safe in the summer of ’68, and few were above suspicion. Only the scorcher of 1941 was hotter, when it was said you could bake biscuits on your barn roof. It was Vashon’s thin topsoil and intermittent humidity, however, that were particularly ideal for the fan-leafed…
By Michael Shook … Or, how I learned to stop worrying, and love AI. Artificial Intelligence is getting a lot of attention these days. The Spectator magazine devoted its cover stories in the August issue to examining all things AI, and newspapers have been full of stories about the ongoing construction of data centers to…
By Seán Malone and John Sweetman August is the month that time pauses for 10-year-olds. Hitting a fly ball to left field? The ball seems to hang in the air forever, but maybe at 10 years old, we were closer to the ground than we are now. In August, a month with no holidays and nothing…