Comfort Food in Uncomfortable Times

If you read the news, use a computer to browse the Internet, watch television, or listen to radio, you are bound to see the effects of one of the most difficult times our nation has faced since the great depression. For many of us these hard times hit close to home as we strive to [...]

Dear Shabby My Auto Mechanic Needs Repair

Dear Shabby,
I’ve got a bone to pick, and without mentioning any names, I’m a little bit peeved at my mechanic.  Once a year we take our van into our mechanic for a tune-up.  It seems like the smart thing to do, but I’m not so sure now.  For each of the past five or six [...]

Dear Shabby My Granddaughter is From Another Planet

Dear Shabby,
I don’t know what to do.  I would swear my granddaughter is from another planet.  Sometimes she treats me as though I’m senile, and I’m not admitting how old I am, but just because someone is over 80 doesn’t mean they don’t think clearly.  There is no senility in our family, at least not [...]

Sequim Artist Rudy Bauer: Sequim Studio Tour

Sequim Arts is hosting during the Sequim Lavender Festival in July its third annual Open Studio Tour of local Sequim and Port Angeles Artists.  So we’ve been running a series of articles on the artists featured in this year’s tour.
Number seven on the tour, is Rudy Bauer. Rudy is a warm gentle guy who’s sensitive [...]

Sequim Studio Tour: Coffee Miklos

Today we continue with the series on this year’s third annual Sequim Arts Open Studio Tour. Sixth on the tour is Coffee Miklos. Coffee is one of my favorite people and once you meet him, you’ll know why. Coffee seems always to be intensely interested in what you are talking about and without fail, will [...]

Sequim Artist Cynthia Thomas

Over the past two weeks I have been introducing you to participating artists in this year’s third annual Sequim Arts Open Studio Tour. Our fifth stop on the Sequim Open Studio Tour is the studio of this year’s Sequim Arts Studio Tour Director, Cynthia Thomas. Cynthia is an energetic woman whose passion for life and [...]

Sequim Studio Tour: Photographer Charlotte Watts

On July 17th, 18th, and 19th Sequim Arts will host its third annual Open Studio Tour. On this year’s tour will be a total of 13 artists. This list includes, in order of the tour, Charlotte Watts, John McBride, Susan Gansert Shaw, Dana Hyde, Cynthia Thomas, Coffee Miklos, Rudy Bauer, Renee Mulikin, Lizzbeth Harper, Patricia [...]

Pioneer Dance Arts in Sequim End of Year Review

Pioneer Dance Arts in Sequim held their End of the Year Review and Open House June 8th through June 12th, and parents and friends were invited to come and watch as children and adults displayed their dancing skills.
Watching the expressions of young girls work through their dance routines is a pleasure for anyone who knows [...]

A Rare Moment for Humor

Today we do something unusual for this news site.  The world is full of serious and even depressing news.  Today we share some especially humorous quotes.  Some of them you may have read, but they are worth reading and enjoying again.  Laughter is medicine for the soul.
There was a time when words were used beautifully. [...]

Port Angeles – The Next Port Townsend?

 
The other evening while enjoying a dinner with my uncle in Seattle and a few of his friends, one of the guests said to me, “I hear Port Angeles has become one of those Artists’ Colony places”. I was a bit surprised by this remark as I had not given much thought to the reputation [...]

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