The largest employer in our county is the military. There is a naval base and large shipyard in Bremerton, about forty minutes from here or so. Here on Bainbridge it’s easy to forget the military community, although 2 or 3 of the 70 families in our neighborhood are in the service. However, once I start […]
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Living in a military community
January 11th, 2004 · Comments Off on Living in a military community
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Pack a picnic
January 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Pack a picnic
Forgot to mention in my post yesterday about local news that the ferry food service did indeed end on December 31. Back in November, I posted about this possibility. Today’s Bainbridge Review has a front page story about the food galleys closure and complicated contract talks (this article is not on-line yet but probably will […]
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Local news in the New Year
January 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Local news in the New Year
One of the top news stories this week for our region occurred not too far from our home. The big headline across yesterday’s Seattle Times described the oil spill in the Sound that has damaged a marine estuary and beach area owned by the Suquamish tribe, just north of our island. On the radio today […]
Pink curtains
December 31st, 2003 · 1 Comment
I was sitting here in the kitchen this morning when I noticed the curtains in the dining room glowing pink. Now these are not white gauzy curtains. We have some of those too. These are upholstery fabric beige and green….so I know that if they are glowing pink, something bright must be in the eastern […]
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passengers
December 22nd, 2003 · Comments Off on passengers
Due to a doctor appointment this morning in Seattle, the girls and I got up early to catch the 7:55, leaving the house at 7 to be sure we’d make it. Breakfast would be on the boat, but Abigail and Elisabeth got their antibiotics doses, a dropper of white for one, and pink for the […]
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