Life
Vets, widows, widowers: We want you Oct. 11 | Ferry Home Companion
Every one of our 61 vets in the Legion and any other local vets or widows or widowers…
News
The only thing we have to fear is … stupidity | Ferry Home Companion
Being a columnist, I have the luxury of pontificating my thoughts in a free press in a free…
Opinion
Waggin’ load of tricks and marimba mewsic too | Ferry Home Companion
We haven’t been able to get the final figure from the exhausted volunteers who put on the sell-out…
Life
‘Sneaky Fitch’ is a heck of a meller-drama | Review
Not since Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles” have I laughed so hard at a spoof of the legendary myths…
Life
‘Tempest’ is a great show, but wear long johns | Ferry Home Companion
Seventy years ago at Northwestern University, Professor Bergen Evans used to insist that his students read the King…
News
Disasters can come in big and small packages
We now have a disaster center right here in island city at Mullis!
Life
Art spirit is alive and well in San Juans | Ferry Home Companion
Back in 1938, I was considering getting out of high school in mid-winter. My Omaha Central High School…
News
Former Friday Harbor editor Lehde was ‘One of the last great eccentrics’
It was short notice, but it was done Jim Lehde’s way. Before Jim Fred Lehde died at home…
Life
Catching up with an old San Juan reporter
One of the greatest things about travel is running into friends of yore and seeing them happily ensconced…
Sports
San Juan’s Leo golf tournament raises $2,200
John Towson and golfing members of the Leo Club stood behind a check for $500 for the Save…
News
Remembering Friday Harbor man’s place in D-Day invasion
Living in the San Juans is a joy for many reasons, not the least of which is getting…
Life
‘Ye gods! Thumpin’ thpethial!’
I was born in Iowa and my mother was a teacher in a one-room Iowa school house.
News
Ex-pat Liana Turner, a sweet success in P.V.
One of the greatest things about travel is running into friends of yore and seeing them happily ensconced…