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We awoke this morning to a snow-covered wonderland. The pond is frozen over after several days of record-setting cold. The days may be growing longer, and the promise of spring remains, but today …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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2/26/25
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Today the Christmas story reads less like a children’s bedtime tale and more like a protest anthem
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Dan Whitmarsh
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11/28/24
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Welcoming people to the table creates a richer and wider world for us.
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Dan Whitmarsh
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10/2/24
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The oldest kid moved out this spring, the first of our offspring to leave the nest. It took a day to pack up the U-Haul and then unload it at their new place. After one last sweep of our house, I …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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5/29/24
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It is almost spring, and spring gets me thinking about summer, and summer makes me think about camping.
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Dan Whitmarsh
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2/28/24
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It was the early 1990s in Azusa, California, where I was in college. It was December, it was finals week, and, needing to blow off stress, we went Christmas caroling.
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Dan Whitmarsh
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11/30/23
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These are momentous days in our household. This spring four of us are graduating — from grad school, from college, and the two youngest from Peninsula High School. I have mixed feelings about that …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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8/30/23
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These are momentous days in our household. This spring four of us are graduating — from grad school, from college, and the two youngest from Peninsula High School. I have mixed feelings about …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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5/31/23
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Those Easter mornings, my mother made hot cross buns. I remember them well, their butter-basted crowns glistening in the light with cross-shaped frosting dripping down the sides. I can smell their …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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3/29/23
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I woke early on those cold winter mornings, the jangling alarm clock wrestling me from blissful Christmas dreams. As the rest of the family slept, I pulled on my wool socks and long underwear, topped …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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11/30/22
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We sat on our back porch as evening nibbled at the remaining daylight. Across the pond, a full moon rose above a proud line of aged fir trees, its face a milky dime amidst a sky …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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7/27/22
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Spring is upon us and summer is fast approaching. The glowing faces of daffodils greet me on these longer days, while our pond is alive with the cacophony of a family of geese who have made a new …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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3/31/22
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The Christmas season is upon us once again. Even in this second winter of Covid, it is a time for celebration, family, and feasting. Dancing lights twinkle merrily while carolers serenade our streets …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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12/2/21
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“Look here,” my wife said, pulling back the thick vines growing in our backyard garden. I saw a flash of red deep in the shadows. Reaching in, I gave a gentle tug and pulled out our first …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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9/29/21
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On Sundays I rise early, enjoying a warm cup of coffee with my wife before heading out into the day. Driving toward Lakebay I experience little traffic; I tell myself that the few I pass are either …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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6/30/21
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The Lakebay Church is a mess. The church building is a mess, I mean. Not the people. The people are, all things considered, doing well. However, as I write this, the building is pretty torn up.
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Dan Whitmarsh
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3/31/21
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It’s the early 1990s and we’ve gathered for dinner at Grandma’s house. Adults are talking in the kitchen while the teenagers lounge in the back room, debating whether there’s a Walkman amongst the presents under the tree. Somewhere, there’s a record player spinning carols by Andy Williams.
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Dan Whitmarsh
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12/2/20
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Just outside my office sits the Lakebay cemetery, a peaceful little plot of land tucked away behind a thick hedge and madrona trees. Bordered by the Lakebay Church, on a hill that backs into Mayo …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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10/1/20
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The Key Peninsula, like the rest of the world, is beset by turbulent times. COVID-19, financial upheaval and social reorganization are …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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5/29/20
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