July-2018
Lorraine Loomis by Lorraine Loomis Every spring and summer, many tribes throughout the region celebrate the return of the salmon and the beginning of salmon fishing season. My tribe, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, holds a First Salmon Ceremony and Blessing of the Fleet in May each year. [Read More...]
Is Washington Now in the Tar Sands Crosshairs? courtesy Sightline.org Editor’s Note: Shortly before the July issue was scheduled to be sent to the printer, I learned the following article from Sightline.org was reprinted in the Cascadia Weekly. That paper only printed a portion of the article — [Read More...]
by Kathryn Fentress Let’s start with perspective. To be the most effective in facilitating change, we have to change our perspective. In the current paradigm of cause and effect we are repeating the same battles, the same issues, over and over each time the political parties in Washington, D.C., change. [Read More...]
American White Pelican photo: Joe Meche by [Read More...]
by Jim McCann What I like most are those quick, discrete projects that you can just tackle and then they’re done with. But sometimes the gods have other ideas. This particular one started off innocently enough with: “Honey, would you mind unloading a bag of potting soil from the trunk [Read More...]
Peter HeffelfingerPhoto: Evelyn Adams by Peter Heffelfinger It’s July. You think your garden is all set for the summer: the tomatoes are blossoming and setting fruit, first potatoes are about to be dug, broccoli is heading up, and the pea vines are reaching the top of the trellis [Read More...]
by Jonathan Moore Overly Sensible or Sensitive? An event took place five days ago which involved my wife, and an egg noodle she noticed lying precariously on the laundry room floor. Now if you knew Wanda, you’d be apt to know that anything other than carpet and vinyl is forbidden [Read More...]
by Amy Nelson “Acting strangely” in public can result in being arrested and possibly charged with a crime, for the many people with mental illness who find themselves living on the street. But a Bellingham Municipal Court program to divert mentally ill detainees away from jail and into treatment has [Read More...]