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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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From 1995 to 2007 I was an active volunteer with the American Legion Auxiliary’s Girls State program. I lived in Indiana at the time and spent a week each summer volunteering at Hoosier Girls …
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Meredith Browand
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3/27/24
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I had almost forgotten about my first trip to the Key Peninsula until 2002 when I was driving my stepdaughter to a friend’s place in Lake of the Woods.
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John Pat Kelly
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3/27/24
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I sure hope every one of us has a 1972 to remember.
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Mark Michel
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3/27/24
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Another catchy title from the citiot’s desk, right? My last offering to this audience was “Math” in which I hoped to make some room in your heart for a topic that often frustrates. …
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Jack Dunne
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3/27/24
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Grandma got my 8-year-old daughter Violet a checkerboard for Christmas. She was giddy the first time we got it out, enthusiastic right up until the point when I jumped one of her pieces and removed …
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Krisa Bruemmer
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2/28/24
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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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Emerson observed in one of his early essays that when we reflect on our lives, “behind us, as we go, all things assume pleasing forms, as clouds do far off.”
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Dan Clouse
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2/28/24
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We in the Pacific Northwest have lived in a paradise of low-cost electricity for decades. It’s a mix of hydroelectric power (75%) supplemented by wind power (10%), natural gas (10%) and nuclear …
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Richard Gelinas
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2/28/24
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