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To Mulch or Not to Mulch
I was out working in the garden the other day (what else is new?), crawling under some rhododendrons, thankful it’s not yet spider web season, and gently scraping my hand rake along the top … more
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Russia Goes Medieval
Since time immemorial, writers in Russia have had the most forceful, penetrating and far-reaching responses to what was happening in their country — for those willing to listen, … more
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Ukrainian Comfort Food
Art is an extraordinary bridge capable of transcending cultural divides. Not everyone is a poet, a sculptor, a dancer or musician. Cooking, however, is a performance art practiced daily around the … more
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Deep in the Tree Frog's Chorus
At last, I find a frog. It is spread-eagled in the shallow water like a lost toy. Its throat floats before it as round and sheer as a soap bubble, pushing its head up. It looks almost pathetic as it … more
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The Second Mountain by David Brooks
Many times over the last 18-plus years I have wondered why I feel so much at home and so contented on the Key Peninsula. Certainly, there are many similarities to Scotland but that really … more
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Fishing Under the Bridge
While drivers rattle the Purdy bridge in cars and trucks, fly fishers often stand thigh deep in saltwater below at the mouth of the Burley Lagoon, their attention fixed on a far different … more
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Laura Harbaugh with husband Stanton, baby Hendrix and their dog Nuggen on the beach at Olman Point.
KP Businesswoman Makes Her Passion Her Work
Laura Harbaugh always wanted to be an artist. Her father worked as professional photographer and her mother worked for the county as a conservationist, racing to protect heritage farmland in the … more
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Eruç hoists the Philippine pennant on arrival, delivered by the local kayak club.
Latest Tracker Updates: Westbound Rower Around the World
Follow KP resident's heroic one-person-powered voyage more
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Eruç shared his boat with a red-footed booby for a few days in December.
KP Man Rowing Across the Pacific Now Aims for Singapore
Solo circumnavigator Erden Eruç, 60, of Wauna, made landfall on Guam Feb. 12 after 208 days rowing from California by way of Oahu on his second human-powered trip around the world. He has … more
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Where Beaches Are Born
Agates and oysters. A clear tide. Stories.  I am south of Driftwood Annie’s point, strolling Pitt Passage with two veteran beach walkers. The going is wonderfully slow. “It … more
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Scott and Ginger
Therapy Dog Ginger and Stroke Survivor Scott Vande Zande
Nearly 20 years after suffering a debilitating stroke, Scott Vande Zande of Longbranch devotes his time to sharing his golden retriever Ginger, a Pet Partners therapy dog, with others. Each week they … more
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The Truth About ‘St. Patrick’s Day’ Corned Beef and Cabbage
When you think of Saint Patrick’s Day, you’re thinking shamrocks, right? Along with pinching, funny little green plastic hats, the beer in your cup and the Chicago River, both dyed green, … more
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Of ‘Maus’ and McMinn
Some dirty comic book about the Holocaust got banned from the eighth grade English Language Arts curriculum by the McMinn County School Board in southeast Tennessee Jan. 10, because the book has cuss … more
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A female Bufflehead cruises in front of the orange reflecting sunrise early one morning.
Naturalist's Notebook
All this rain has flooded the nearby pastures. You know your pond has just about become a lake when the regular dabblers like mallards and wigeons are joined by diving … more
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Kim Daniel runs tubing from the spile to a collection bucket.
The Sweet Reward of Tapping into Bigleaf Maples
Nate Daniel, executive director of Great Peninsula Conservancy, considers himself a syrup hobbyist. His introduction to tapping maple trees came the year he worked at a University of Rhode … more
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Homemade Sweet Chocolate Heart Lava Cake for Valentine's Day
A Trio of Treats for Valentine's Day
The origins of Valentine’s Day are murky, lost in the annals of history. One theory is it commemorated the anniversary of the death of Saint Valentine, somewhere around 270 AD. Another theory … more
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Little Jack Horner considers his thumb.
Mushroom Cabin Brings Never-Never Land to Lakebay
In the woods near Penrose Point State Park, Rod Collen and his fiancée Shannon Garrett have spent the last two years building a 900-square-foot mushroom-shaped cabin. They purchased a … more
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North Herron Road
Amplified King Tide Causes Dramatic Flooding
One of the highest tides of 2022 was predicted for just after sunrise Friday, Jan 7. Daylight revealed a tide two feet higher than the prediction. Seawater filled the parking lot of Purdy’s … more
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Don Olson was one of the first volunteer firefighters when District 16 was organized in 1952 and served until the 1970s. He was the volunteer chief from 1955-57.
The Blue House on the Highway
Key Center can be a busy place, and unless one is an old-timer or paying close attention it’s easy to miss the blue house on the west side of the road, on a slope between Sunnycrest Nursery and … more
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Remembering Afghanistan
Some of my teenaged relatives enlisted after 9/11.  One became a Marine and deployed to Afghanistan. He did convoy duty or was behind the wire, on base. When he came home, he had nothing but … more
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