Baby Island – The Life and Times of a Small Place

ByNancy November 2, 2010January 21, 2019

Whidbey Islander Paul Shapiro has created a contemplative piece about Baby Island – a very small place.

BABY ISLAND The Life And Times Of A Small Place from Paul Shapiro on Vimeo.

Travel & Adventure

The Other Pleasure of Cruising: Stumbling on Cool Stuff
October 5, 2013February 6, 2015

We interrupt this program for a special cruising report from Fairhaven, Massachusetts It was rainy this morning here in Fairhaven, where we’ve taken a slip at the Acushnet River Safe Boating Club, across the Acushnet River from that historic seaport, New Bedford. We’re stationary for a few weeks while Tom works on a construction project…

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Beach & Shore

Beach walk, beach finds
February 6, 2010January 24, 2019

I accompanied my friend Candace on her monthly dead bird hunt. A member of COASST, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, Candace tracks a mile of Puget Sound shore for avian remains. Lucky for the bird population non of our beach finds included feathered bodies. Here’s what we found instead.This charming yellow sailboat was…

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Beach & Shore

An Embarrassment of Riches: Respecting our assets
April 11, 2011January 20, 2019

That old saying “April Showers Bring May Flowers” has me a little nervous. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with May flowers. May flowers are great. But after showers and then some throughout all of February and March, Whidbey is already looking like the land of 1000 lakes. We’re easing toward spring though. There are…

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Beach & Shore

Getting off on rocks – Esquimalt part 3
September 30, 2010January 23, 2019

< Esquimalt part 2 This is the part of the story where I get myself in trouble. In my last installment I enthused about the way Dockside Green is integrating nature and living spaces in an industrial landscape. Joe Van Belleghem and Farmer Construction have done a nice job on the project so far and…

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Travel & Adventure

Sailing on Adventuress – Part 2
June 24, 2010February 3, 2019

Schooner Adventuress design and specifications Adventuress is a beautiful vessel, long and sleek and ship shape. For detail mongers, she’s a Gaff Topsail Two-masted Schooner measuring 133 feet from the tip of her bowsprit to the up tilted crown of her stern … for which there is probably a more accurate and saltier term. Her…

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Travel & Adventure

San Juan Island Mini Vac – Part One
May 28, 2010February 1, 2019

San Juan County Park We’re staying home for Memorial Day, so we took off last weekend instead, for a short break on San Juan Island. This is where we stayed. Except – here’s how it looks now. Curious as to what happened to that beautiful house? Hollywood happened. The house in the picture above was…

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