By Gabrielle Wildheart I am the cliché of the midlife person who spontaneously develops an interest in birdwatching. I’ve been on the Merlin app for a few years now, but in the summer of my 39th year things got a bit more serious, and I graduated to E-bird. (If you know, you know.) It’s no…
August 2026, Literary
The Weeper at the Wake, Part 2
By S.E. Reid With its own “strange, hidden corners,” Ferris Island, is similar in many ways to what we Islanders speak of as our own “Old Vashon.” For more Ferris Island tales, visit: http://talebones.substack.com. For more Ferris Island tales, visit: http://talebones.substack.com. Did you miss Part 1 of this story? Read Part 1 here. The barman…
August 2026, Poetry
Bars of Soap
In July issue’s “With Wand and Shawl: the Investiture of Vashon’s New Co-Poets Laureate,” we welcomed Iris Spring and C. Hunter Davis into this shared role. Please enjoy a poem by C. Hunter Davis. When summer ended my mother putthe bars of soap in a tinso we wouldn’t be pestered byants and mice.All winter long…

