‘The kids were alright!’
An abundant harvest means preserving for winter, sharing with friends, or donating even to local food distributing centers. Preserving at home is a valuable skill to learn if you plan to grow your food. It can be a little daunting at first, but it gets easier with time. Start by just learning how to freeze and store your food.
Water sings: What’s weighing on your mind… Air signs: Give your heart a little extra cushion… Earth signs: Be the love… Fire signs: Are you ready to step on the gas?
It’s weird because you know that you’ve done some stuff. You’ve got memories of some high highs and some lows and couple of oh-no’s. But, like, where did those 2,880-some hours go? Is that just me?
The federal government slashes billions in funding for public media while the Kitsap Sun notches 90 years… Plus Kitsap’s August Primary Election August 5… Wildfires and an overturned tanker truck on the Olympic Peninsula… A rogue monster truck tire nearly flattens a car in the parking lot at the Kitsap Fairgrounds… A modern day Coast Guard-certified Viking Ship pulls into port in Poulsbo… and more.
I was out in the garden the other day, fighting the good fight, when I realized I can always tell summer is nearing its end when I set out for the battle royale of the season, a face off between the surging 15-foot-tall invading vine monsters rioting along the edge of the property and me trying to keep them from choking out the proper crops— or really anything in their path.
Local Civics Correspondent Ash Black sat down with all three candidates running for Bremerton Mayor leading up to this month’s primary election for his cable access television show ‘Afternoons with Ash.’ What follows is a recap of each interview edited for length and clarity. Find the full interviews on the ‘Afternoons with Ash’ YouTube channel. And don’t forget to vote by Aug. 5.
Last month, Heather released her first LP, “Midnight Hour” and spent the last couple weeks opening for UK-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Cosmo Sheldrake on his West Coast tour – L.A. to Vancouver, B.C. After leaving the company she co-founded, Iggy’s Alive & Cultured, on Bainbridge Island, Heather got honest with herself about what she wanted…
Mexico City stoner/psychadelia/skate Rock band Cardiel is coming to the Charleston Aug. 7… Plus a new band out of Jefferson County that embodies the sound of a place like Chimacum, complete with lap steel and proper mustaches… And an accidental listening bender with an Albany, NY sassy pop rock duo.
We don’t really know how she died. I walked out of my trailer one morning and heard a loud mewling. I walked over, hoping to god it wasn’t one of the newer cats giving birth again, and saw Eleanor laying in the grass. Her legs were twisted almost behind her and it looked like her hips were part of a different body.