Thursday, October 1, 2026
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This week Jill Severn and I are trading places. I’m writing a gardening column today, and she has written a Thurston's Birds ...
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This week George Walter and I are trading places. I’m writing a bird column today, and he’s writing a gardening column. This idea arose because last week we ...
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By Jill Severn
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9/5/25
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Communications manager and flutist for the Olympia Symphony Orchestra (OSO), communication manager for the Auburn Symphony and social ...
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By Rachel Benton
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9/4/25
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Stepping on The Marie Bed & Breakfast property feels like stepping back to an ideal moment in time where everything was simpler, cozier ...
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You see them everywhere. Squirrels. For the most part everyone loves them, although sometimes they can, like any other member of the rodent family ...
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Five years ago, during a layover in SeaTac airport, I met a woman we’ll call May. We struck up a conversation, the kind you don’t expect to change ...
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As we approach Halloween, I'd like to focus on parts of Thurston County's history (past events, including political, military and others) and folklore (stories of hauntings, mysteries and others …
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By Ira Wesley Kitmacher
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8/29/25
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Apples are all over the ground. The trees have let go of them, but the humans haven’t picked them up. This could spark hours of thinking and talking ...
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In the 1960s, Jackie DeShannon sang “What the World Needs Now is Love.” Just as the message of that song reverberated throughout ...
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By Rachel Benton
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8/28/25
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The story that shaped America, like America itself, came from England. It’s the story of Robin Hood — a tale that inspired countless boys, including a ...
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In celebration of its 55th season, Olympia’s own Ballet Northwest is creating an ambitious, dynamic and diverse program where it gets to share ...
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By Rachel Benton
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8/27/25
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Strolling past a neighbor’s front yard, my eye fell on something I have imagined but never seen: fat, healthy tomatoes growing up a sturdy ...
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Does she look familiar? I know a few places where you might have seen Amy Shephard. She is part owner and manager of the toy store, Captain Little ...
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By Rachel Benton
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8/21/25
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Do you remember what it felt like to watch a movie or a performance as a child? Fantasies appear possible, and our wildest dreams are ...
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By Rachel Benton
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8/20/25
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Ahh. The all too relatable saga of dogs pooping in public spaces and on neighbors' lawns, those nice green and manicured ...
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By Trish Lynn and Thom Donitz
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8/19/25
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A reasonable and responsible county party should rely on data to drive decisions — not on the loudest voices in the room or one person’s bad experience ...
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A friend who describes herself as a “bumble bee nerd” was excited. “ Last night,” she reports, “I was perusing the Thurston iNaturalist page and ...
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SALMO, British Columbia — I don't like drugs, loud music or dancing all night. In other words, I'm the Shambhala Music Festival's natural ...
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Join me in cheering on Theatre Artists Olympia (TAO) on Thursday, Aug. 14, as they perform their infamous show, “The Head!!! That Wouldn’t DIE!!!” at the 2025 ...
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By Rachel Benton
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8/14/25
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This week’s Thurston's Birds is devoted to updates about previous column ...
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