For years I'd heard stories from friends who love Lopez Island—one of the San Juan Islands, a short hop on the ferry from Anacortes, ...

It's the eve of All Hallows Eve—Halloween to you trick-or-treaters out there—and I thought it might be  an appropriate moment to shar...

I have friends and family members (you know who you are!) who cruise airline reservation sites for deals and have plans made months in ad...

It happens a lot when I'm driving, as well as on those rare occasions when I'm on an airplane. I'll be puttering along on the...

Mention the word foraging. I dare you. Chances are if I'm within earshot, I'll "lean in." And I don't mean that i...

On a trip to Eastern Oregon for a food conference in May ( read my report here ), I decided to take a couple of days to explore this incr...

When I heard about a conference in Eastern Oregon that was going to be discussing the food system—meaning how people get food to put on t...

Mention Port Townsend and I immediately think of its physical location: a forested point of land at the northeastern tip of Washington...

Salish Sea: The intricate network of coastal waterways that includes includes the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Strait of Georgia, Puget So...