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"It’s a home for everyone, and that includes you."
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Camri Clawson
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8/28/24
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I have hesitated to comment on fire department issues because although I
have family property out there I left the Key Peninsula in 2004 and did not want to look back.
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Tracy Lyon
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8/28/24
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Before the invention of farming around 10,000 years ago, humans had to forage for food. It was a precarious, hand-to-mouth lifestyle, back then before Joe Biden or Keith Richards were even born.
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Dan Clouse
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8/28/24
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José Alaniz
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8/28/24
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José Alaniz
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7/31/24
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Well, it’s official, my freshman year at Washington State University has wrapped up, and I can gladly say I passed all my classes. I was never quite sure what college would look like for me. …
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Grace Nesbit
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7/31/24
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The physical act of mothering is finite. My children won't forever be living in my house and needing me in these ways.
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Meredith Browand
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7/31/24
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Every year by mid-spring, you see them erupting all over the KP and surrounding area: the golden flowers that bedazzle.
A couple of years ago, I took note of them as we were driving back from …
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José Alaniz
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7/31/24
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Years ago when our last cat died I unilaterally declared to the family we were never getting another animal.
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Ted Olinger
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7/31/24
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I wanted to understand myself, my family, and all the rest of us. It seemed to me that my only chance was to understand all the rest of life, to see who we are by seeing who we are not.
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Jack Dunne
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6/26/24
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I received a message in February from Key Peninsula Firefighter-Paramedic Adam Morse about an opportunity. In my campaign for fire commissioner last year, I didn’t get the endorsement of his …
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John Pat Kelly
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6/26/24
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It has been over a year since I retired from a 35-year career. I feel very fortunate and am thankful to have had a job I enjoyed. It’s a cliché, especially since I was a pilot, but all …
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Mark Michel
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6/26/24
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What does a day in my life look like? A black 17-year-old who lives in a predominantly white community. Well, it’s hard to explain.
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James McCourt
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5/29/24
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I had a poor report card once in middle school, but recent reports on how society has worked on climate change are much worse.
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Richard Gelinas
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5/29/24
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Young whippersnappers can hardly believe their ears when I’m talking.
It sounds like the History Channel when I trot out dinosaurs like “TV set,” “Beatles album,” …
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Dan Clouse
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5/29/24
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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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I have been playing sports all my life, from water polo to flag football to golf, but I fell in love with baseball. Over
the last several years, I have been so focused on my …
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John Browand
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5/1/24
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The birdsong begins early. It’s better than any alarm clock. Sweeter, gentler, more alive.
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Anna Brones
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5/1/24
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An early spring sailing regatta out of Shilshole Bay got me thinking about reassessing my definition of fun.
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Carolyn Wiley
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5/1/24
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My dad, Raymond Olinger, joined the Army in 1945 after graduating high school at the top of his class of 20 in Buxton County, Kansas, when he was 17 years old. He was in Minot, North Dakota, that …
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Ted Olinger
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5/1/24
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