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It looks like 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, is already shaping up to be quite newsy.
On the heels of publishing our 50th Anniversary Edition in January, duly recorded as Volume 50 Number 1, Key …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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2/1/23
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This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Key Peninsula News.
Of course, we might not really be 50. Could be 48; maybe 51? We’re celebrating anyway.
The front page of …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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12/28/22
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Time and again I’ve heard that “all politics is local,” but I’m beginning to wonder how true that is. We already know the outcomes of the November 8 election, but before we …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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11/30/22
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I can’t walk anymore, so I move around in a power wheelchair. One young friend was surprised to learn that the chair must be plugged in at night to recharge. Because she had never seen me move …
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Phyllis Henry
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11/30/22
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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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Senioritis. The urban dictionary defines it as “A crippling disease that strikes high school seniors. Symptoms include laziness, an excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, …
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Grace Nesbit
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11/30/22
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The signs were unmistakable, but also unexpected. There was the change of leaves and the return of rain-soaked school buses, of course, and the annual appearance of the local bear on her hind legs …
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Ted Olinger
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11/30/22
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The season to be thankful and generous in spirit is just around the bend. It comes not a moment too soon. It’s finally time to snuggle up inside after a dry summer that lasted longer than any in …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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11/1/22
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It has been over a decade now, but I was a latecomer to join the smartphone scene.
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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9/28/22
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It was an afternoon mid-summer garden party in July. I arrived characteristically late. The acreage was wooded with a nice pasture nestled in a peaceful clearing surrounded by trees. A couple of …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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7/27/22
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I rise early this time of year, too early, because a woodpecker starts the day banging its head against the side of my house. What at first I took to be gunshots or a jackhammer when we moved out …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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6/29/22
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Crossing over the Purdy Bridge and driving over the spit on the way home is something of a spiritual experience no matter how often we do it. The smell of saltwater, the expansive view of Henderson …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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6/1/22
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The season of resilience and spirited hope has returned.
Blankets of green moss adorn the trunks of maples, with big leaves unfurled. Early blossoming fruit trees beckon mason bees to wake before …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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3/31/22
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Just when we thought things were beginning to look up yet another “something unexpected” happened. This time it’s the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Did the whole world emerge from Covid …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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2/28/22
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Some of the best advice I ever got in life came from an old boatman: “The most dangerous thing you can do out here is disrespect the river.”
The year was 1990. We were rafting …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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1/27/22
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Thanksgiving was a day of talking a little too loudly, gesturing a little too broadly and experiencing all the good feelings of true belonging that we’ve missed over the past two years. It …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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12/2/21
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My husband's cardiac symptoms took us to the ER. After a now-familiar temperature scan and questions about symptoms and recent travel, we find a seat in a long hallway lined with patients on benches, …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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10/28/21
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I could hear this morning arrive before opening my eyes. A solo American robin performed his clear, full-throated first call that pierced the dark silence in the seconds before sunrise. A song …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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4/28/21
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A year has passed since the first mention of the novel coronavirus in a KP News staff meeting. The whole world has changed since.
The stress and fatigue from living during the pandemic comes in …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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1/27/21
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Our longtime friends walked the country mile between us to deliver good cheer and connect on Christmas Eve.
Nestled inside the small gift bag they brought was the crown jewel of northwest summers …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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12/30/20
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