Global wars and security advisories for US citizens abroad, record-setting heat and wildfires across Europe, contaminated lettuce causing explosive diarrhea and the worst-natural-disaster on record wild fires in Spokane, world & national news. Meanwhile in Kitsap… Little food pantry destroyed, national fast food chain sets opening date, a new bridge proposed to alleviate gorst traffic congestion, plus fast ferry cuts, public utility proposals and more….
For reference: Natacha’s (formerly Perl’s Pavilion, alternately mis-spelled out there as ‘Natashas’ and ‘Pearls’) was an historic and infamous west bremerton dance hall/rock club that hosted some massive names in rock and roll over its two incarnations. It was also plagued with public health compliance violations and years long vacancies. The dance hall closed in the mid-1990s. The structure burned down in 2018. The lot is currently empty.
He knocked on the door and waited to be let in. No door chain this time, just a room full of men in sports jackets with conspicuously gun-shaped bulges in their pockets. Charlie just hoped they had a USB-A cable. One of the men led Charlie to a recliner near the center of the room. A second man brought a terminal over and handed Charlie the business end of a USB-A cable. Charlie smiled and relaxed. It was good to be around professionals for a change. The cable connected and the foot rest raised. Charlie settled in for an easy drop off. His reverie was interrupted…
They’re a nice, cool, quick, and yummy breakfast that stays with you. They’re called overnight oats, but the oats and chia seeds are pretty well hydrated in about 15 minutes.
Most any job can probably be made cool. Depending on how it’s done. And the water worker (I’d wrongly assumed on first glance that he was dynamiting something with one of those plunger things) pictured here on the cover of band Men & Volts’ album “Tramps in Bloom” is obviously making his job of, well, doing something with buried pipes, a lot of fun…
Ashwaganda is a perennial native herb in India, but here on the Kitsap Peninsula, we grow it as an annual because it cannot handle cold, frosty weather. A great adaptogen to help aid our mind, body, and spirit in stress relief and calm sleep…
Fire signs… Rose thorns signal a difficult lesson approaching. Air signs… You have som memories surfacing. Water signs… Lobelia can help you cut these strings. Earth signs… dispel the heavy heartedness.
In my opinion, they’re not wrong, but also, reminds me: what’s really going on? Maybe we’re focusing on the wrong thing here…
Meanwhile in Kitsap: Seventeen thousand gallons of raw sewage leaks into Liberty Bay while an unrelated, though unprecedented, number of Hood Canal and Puget Sound beaches are closed to shellfish harvesting. Meanwhile Kitsap County commissioners grapple with a $10M budget gap forecast. Western Red Brewing closes its doors, Cafe Alara finds a new space, Poulsbo gets a new bookstore, this one with a wine bar… and more
We are sitting with brothers Bergen and Willem on the picnic tables overlooking the valley to the south as the sun drops behind the Olympic Mountains. It is the golden hour. It’s peaceful. We’re talking about hard work and the serenity of country roads. And the history of this place. Stories of growing up as city kids. And playing music in New York. We get damn close to starting a ska band after learning the brothers are both horn players…