A large majority of youth across a wide spectrum of races, cultures and classes in the U.S. appears to value aspects of personal success –… Continue reading
A windstorm swept through Washington state last month, doing damage on both sides of the state. More than a half-million people lost power across the… Continue reading
Already robust levels of hiking, camping, boating and every other kind of outdoor recreation in our region has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic as many… Continue reading
Editor’s note: This column was originally printed in the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s February 2021 Tribal Newsletter, and reprinted here with permission. — MD Greeting Jamestown… Continue reading
Of all the news coming out of Sequim, the best news is we are well into providing initial doses of COVID vaccine Moderna thanks to… Continue reading
I have officially stopped jumping on new communication band wagons. It’s not that I’m a technophobe or as long in the tooth as Methuselah. When… Continue reading
In 1971, Oregon was the first state to enact a “bottle bill.” Fifty years later, Portland, Ore., could become the first city to approve a… Continue reading
My seventh great grandmother, Phebe Wilde Day, was imprisoned as a suspected witch during the Salem Witch hunt of 1692. Her stepmother, Sarah Wilde, was… Continue reading
The first time I discovered the word eustress (pronounced YOU-stress) was last year while doing research for my November 2020 column, “Gratitude, thankfulness and mental… Continue reading
The secret society of Sequim is in session. Both the Sequim City Council and the Sequim School Board are taking actions of great importance to… Continue reading
The Sequim School District superintendent has left the building. Dr. Robert Clark submitted his resignation following two and a half months after he was placed… Continue reading
With COVID-19 vaccines being widely dispensed, will an end to this pandemic halt “work from home?” Will workers return to downtown offices at pre-pandemic levels?… Continue reading
Habitat loss and damage is the driving factor for the decline of salmon in our region. It doesn’t discriminate and never stops. Every hour of… Continue reading
Liberty and
freedom are not free Editor’s note: this letter was submitted prior to actions calling for Bush’s resignation on Jan. 11. As we watched… Continue reading
People swarmed the roads and grass to the Capitol Building in DC, filled the balconies and stormed the entries guarded but not secured by Capitol… Continue reading
Last January, I wrote that my New Year’s resolution was to buy no new clothes. I didn’t know about COVID-19 at the time, or how… Continue reading
Now that vaccines are available, we hope our lives will return to the way they were before the coronavirus pandemic blanketed the globe. That is… Continue reading
Troubling actions from Sequim school leaders With some 32 years in education and 26 as principal or site administrator from Wisconsin to Alaska, I read… Continue reading
While the coronavirus and its devastating effects on people and economies worldwide were unfortunately the top 2020 stories, the massive impact of western wildfires can’t… Continue reading
I hope by the time you read this column I will have sent some sort of holiday greeting which at this writing has become a… Continue reading
