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    Rockin’ A Hard Place: Squanto didn’t live on...
    By Harry Anderson • November 20, 2021 1:30 am

    Every year as Thanksgiving approaches, it’s comforting to fall back on that image of the First Thanksgiving we learned in…

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: How teaching on our Rock became a culture war zone
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: How teaching on our...
    By Harry Anderson • October 22, 2021 1:30 am

    When I was in my senior year of high school several centuries B.I. (Before Internet), I was invited with about…

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    memorial
    They found a beautiful spot for some good...
    By Harry Anderson • September 21, 2021 1:30 am

    When Jim Sherman and Michael Ferri moved to Coupeville, they brought four old friends with them.

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    My garden.
    On the Rock, we walk, wander and garden...
    By Harry Anderson • June 25, 2021 1:30 am

    During sunshine, we are outdoors walking our trails, wandering our beaches and tending our gardens.

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    Joe Gunn holding a freshly backed rhubarb pie. (Photo by Harry Anderson)
    How a pie on the Rock became a...
    By Harry Anderson • April 23, 2021 1:30 am

    Whidbey Pies is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.

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    My wish list to Santa Claus after a very hard Rock year
    My wish list to Santa Claus after a...
    By Harry Anderson • December 22, 2020 3:00 pm

    Dear Santa,

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Making the most of the short end of the drumstick
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Making the most of...
    By Harry Anderson • November 27, 2020 1:30 pm

    So here we are, having given thanks for all our blessings on Thanksgiving 2020. But wasn’t the main thing we’re…

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Smoke signal: climate change is here, even on our Rock
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Smoke signal: climate change...
    By Harry Anderson • September 29, 2020 3:30 pm

    We don’t have all this climate change catastrophe stuff going on here on Whidbey, now do we?

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    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Overcoming an eerie feeling in an empty tourist town
    Rockin’ a Hard Place: Overcoming an eerie feeling...
    By Harry Anderson • May 15, 2020 1:30 am

    Eerie is an onomatopoeia – a word that sounds like what it means. I was reminded of that tidbit I…

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    Passing the time while social distancing, Whidbey-style
    Passing the time while social distancing, Whidbey-style
    By Harry Anderson • April 17, 2020 1:30 am

    We Rock Dwellers are of an independent stripe in how we do most things. That holds true, I have discovered,…

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    Sound Off: Built to last and well worth a million bucks
    Sound Off: Built to last and well worth...
    By Harry Anderson • January 21, 2020 1:30 am

    Living in Central Whidbey, I have always thought that having all those historic structures in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve…

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    Beth’s tasty 20-year road to success at bayleaf
    Beth’s tasty 20-year road to success at bayleaf
    By Harry Anderson • December 24, 2019 1:30 am

    I’m always intrigued by the fascinating, sometimes convoluted stories of how people we see all the time end up living…

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    Balkanizing the Rock: What distrust may lead to | Rockin’ a Hard Place:
    Balkanizing the Rock: What distrust may lead to...
    By Harry Anderson • July 12, 2019 1:30 am

    I’m just back from a dream trip along the coast of Slovenia and Croatia. Roman ruins everywhere, gorgeous sunsets, the…

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