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How time flies, it’s hard to believe Christmas is only 21 days away but it’s not too late to get your Christmas photos in time for Christmas. If you are thinking hard on what to get …
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By Trish Lynn and Thom Donitz
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12/4/24
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Well, the annual monthlong Black Friday sales have come and gone. Giant televisions, all sorts of electronic gadgets, fancy phones, mattresses and more were hawked online and on television.
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By Kathleen Anderson
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12/4/24
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Ask artificial intelligence (AI) about special education, and the online oracle has been trained to respond with such delightful phrases as, “navigating a maze” and “demystifying …
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By Shannon Sankstone
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12/3/24
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As the first frost approaches, the wet ground grows slippery, and the culture revs up for the holiday season, the risk of a whole litany of accidental injuries increases.
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Welcome to December, the biggest gift-buying season of the year. I had great intentions of reading several books over the Thanksgiving break, but to be frank with you all, it just didn’t …
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Robin Wall Kimmerer, a botanist who works at the intersection of Western and Indigenous science and culture, has followed her bestselling Braiding Sweetgrass with another book that calls us to think …
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A reader asked whether he could satisfy his Thanksgiving holiday needs by hunting for a wild turkey in Thurston County. Probably not, but the details make an interesting and complicated story.
A …
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By George Walter
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11/28/24
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Thanksgiving Day is tomorrow and, as is my habit, my thoughts turn to things for which I am grateful. I keep a daily diary of things I am grateful for throughout the year, but today, I expanded upon …
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As you can probably tell from this column's headline this week, we are going to talk about Crossed Paws Bakery, which makes healthy natural pet treats right here in Olympia for dogs and cats. …
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“He died one day before my 14th birthday.” These words were spoken by Clarence Moriwaki at the Vietnam Wall in Olympia...
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One of the best gardeners I know had an ambitious plan for his extended family’s Thanksgiving dinner: He set out to grow everything but the turkey. Over seven months, he succeeded. He grew …
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“They’re a bunch of sky-rats!” That’s the instant insult of many birders who love to hate the European Starling , one of our common Thurston County birds. I’d like …
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I would like to begin this column by taking this opportunity to thank those who commented and emailed me their thoughts about last week’s column. Whether or not we agreed on some or none of my …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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11/20/24
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Sooner or later, we all might find ourselves in need of the services of a dog or cat boarding service. Maybe you’re flying somewhere or traveling someplace where it is unfortunately not …
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Great work, Thurston County!
At press time tonight, Give Local has raised an impressive $705,281 so far, for local nonprofit organizations, thanks to 2,191 generous individual donations. …
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By Zach Davis-Price
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11/19/24
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Safe here in the Pacific Northwest, we watch increasingly devastating hurricanes slog the southeastern US. When Hurricane Helene unprecedentedly slammed western North Carolina in late September, we …
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Thanksgiving is on the way, and I have started getting ready for the big event! I have already made bourbon cranberry sauce, apple pie (waiting patiently in the freezer), pumpkin bread (also in …
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By Shannon Beigert
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11/18/24
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Amy Lewis focuses her column on the literary world of Thurston County, spotlighting writers, small presses, book artists, poets, and storytellers of all types. Contact her – …
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By Amy Lewis
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11/18/24
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I was away for the first week of November – so far away that I didn’t see or hear the election cataclysm as it unfolded. For nearly half the population, it was a tsunami of trauma; for …
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Have you ever noticed how some things seem to unfold effortlessly, like magic? Well, that’s how Olympia Harbor Days in our historic downtown seems to have operated in recent years. This free …
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