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Edmonds Booktalk: Ring in the new year with a good book — or several
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014! We start with a moment of quiet reflection for a few of the famous, prolific authors we lost in the past year… Elmore Leonard,…
Edmonds Kind of Play: A New Year’s tradition that teaches kids gratitude — create a Memory Jar
Did you make it?!? Can you believe Christmas has come and gone? I swear time moves at a different rate between Dec. 23 and the day after Christmas. Things go…
Recommended Reads: ‘A quirky little novel illustrated with photos’
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs This story intrigues from the beginning. As the author modestly describes it, “this is a quirky little novel illustrated with photos.”…
Edmonds Military Wire: When political correctness is politically incorrect
Honor, Courage, and Commitment; these three words were engrained into my DNA when I served our country and to this day these three words are still sacred. Those who serve…
Travels with Charlize, in search of living alone
Part 43: Searching for a meaningful life So—phase I is completed and I’m ready for phase II. I know I can manage life on my own; the next question is…
My Edmonds Restaurant News: ChurchKey Pub set to open Monday; Starbucks rumors
ChurchKey grand opening Monday: Trevor Miller, co-owner of the new ChurckKey Pub, says the business plans a grand opening on Monday and will be alive and kicking for New Year’s…
Recommended Reads: ‘Across a Hundred Mountains’ puts human face on immigration issue
Across a Hundred Mountains, by Reyna Grande Illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S. is most often a political or economic discussion. This novel puts a human face on the…
Edmonds Military Wire: Veterans sacrifice more in new budget
While some are celebrating the passing of the Congressional budget that will fund the government past Jan. 15, 2014, averting another shutdown and setting spending levels through fiscal 2015, veterans…
Artfully Edmonds: Winter solstice
The sun will stand still at 5:11 p.m. this Saturday (not literally, but it will look that way if you are using ancient astronomical tools of measurement), marking the longest…
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Recommended Reads: ‘Tarnished Beauty’ about believing in miracles
Tarnished Beauty, by Cecilia Samartin This is a story about believing in miracles. The message is everything in life is an illusion; the truth is what we believe with the…
Travels with Charlize, in search of living alone
Part 42: The End, The Beginning My travels with Charlize will continue. She is, after all, a great travel companion and provider of comfort and attention. My search to discover…
Socially Single: Gift-giving quandary
“Help! I’m done with my Christmas shopping except for one person. I have been out with a new woman who I like a lot but we’ve just gone out a…
Edmonds Military Wire: Christmas comes early for 150 military families
Bank of America teamed up with award-winning Operation Military Family and sent 150 service members and their families to the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker in Seattle. Operation Military Family, based…
My Edmonds Restaurant News: ChurchKey Pub taking shape, holiday fun at Gallaghers’ Friday
Updated with Bar Dojo anniversary event Dec. 19. Will Edmonds’ newest bar, the ChurchKey Pub, have happy hour? Well, duh. “We’ve heard rumors that this is a strong happy hour…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Parents — de-stress from holiday madness and enjoy Friday Night Out
Has the panic set in? It has over here! Did I get everything on the list? How do I convince a 4-year-old that changing what he asks Santa for is…
Recommended Reads: ‘Men We Reaped’ a memoir of loss and love
Men We Reaped — A Memoir, by Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward won the National Book Award for her second novel, “Salvage the Bones.” I chose to first sample her writing…
Edmonds Kind of Play, Part 2: Tastiest deals on gingerbread house kits
Each year we do a gingerbread house, meaning we buy a pre-made one and clumsily assemble it while I tell this kids, “Don’t eat that, it’s not technically food.” We…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Part 1, weekend events and a ‘Giving Tree’ update
Seriously though, can you believe it’s December?!? I don’t know if it is the lack of constant rain or the fact that Christmas seemingly starts earlier every year but I…
Artfully Edmonds: Take 6 for the holidays and more festive events
It really is the most wonderful time of the year—and the busiest! Hordes of holiday shoppers seem to be flocking to downtown Edmonds this year, finally persuaded by the facts…
Travels with Charlize, in search of living alone
Part 41: Seaman Confinement while my surgically fused ankle heals provides time for reading, perhaps too much. No — that’s not possible. Along with my infatuation with all of Steinbeck…
Edmonds Book Talk: Novel ideas for the holidays
Happy December! ‘Tis the season for lots and lots of little white lights and other festiveness everywhere! That makes the long dark nights, oh, so much better! We start with…
Edmonds Military Wire: Champions highlighted Dec. 7
On Dec. 7, America pauses for a moment to honor and remember those who perished at Pearl Harbor in 1941. This date that will live in infamy forever in our…
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My Edmonds Restaurant News: In case you aren’t full from Thanksgiving — new eateries to try
Hope you had a gobblelicious Thanksgiving, wherever it was. On to the Edmonds restaurant news. Three have just opened in Edmonds. What’s your liking? Beer? Burgers? Soup and sandwiches? All…