WHOOSH! The past two weekends have gone by in a total blur, and today’s the very last day to see “A Christmas Trilogy: Three Holiday One-Acts” at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco. A myriad of emotions have been washing over me today, ranging from thrilling joy to...
Ocean Park residents Bob and Mary love Christmas. And Bob also loves fiddling with MacIntosh computers. Put the two ideas together and what you get is an amazing display Christmas lights programmed to dance and gyrate to upbeat seasonal songs. It’s a tradition in my...
Of course I’d read all about it in history books. And then I taught all about it to high school juniors in my US History classes. I knew the story well; or so I thought. But nothing prepared me for the emotional tsunami that knocked me flat when I toured Pearl Harbor....
“Mom!” hollered Ricky from the bedroom my friend Anna Marie calls her office. “Mom! What’s a b-r-o-t-h-e-l?” Anna Marie’s tea splashed clear across the kitchen table as she slammed down her mug and jumped to her feet. In two...
he KALA Event Center is located at 1017 Marine Drive, in Astoria. It was so named because it is the home of Hipfish Magazine and Kala means Fish in Finnish. Dinah Urell, owner and editor of the magazine, told me so when she invited me to come share my holiday stories...
