Arts and Leisure

Hikes: Taken for Granted

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When Joan Melcher retired from teaching in 1993, she became the hiking guru for the Skagit Audubon Society, and soon started helping maintain various trails too. A year later, her husband Duane got involved.

Hikes: The Calm Before The

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I remember hiking on Kiket Island on Inauguration Day, 2021.

On Turning 70

2024-1102-hiking-1aI looked around at the trees to see who might be older than me, who is younger, and to find life lessons we might share with each other, the old and the young.

Local Art on Display Friday night

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Downtown Anacortes galleries are open Friday night for Artwalk. We;ve got the locations.

Hikes: Nine Years, 75 Years, since time Immemorial

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I walked south along the beach, a heron wading slowly in the dark waters. A thick wrack line of seaweeds and salt plants mingled at the high tide line.

October First Friday Artwalk

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Head to downtown Anacortes for the monthly First Friday Artwalk this Friday.

Hikes: Saying Goodbye to Our Home

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How many places have you lived? It counts if you moved everything with you and never moved back to the same house.