We moved to the North Beach in 2018 from Portland, Oregon. Things are different here. For one, it’s beyond beautiful and peaceful. The air is amazing. And don’t get me started on the ocean. But there are other things. I like to try to get to the bottom of them. That’s what this space is all about.
Yeah, so it’s been 513 days since I wrote a word here. To tell you the truth, I had run out of them. We’ve had a line of losses in recent times. The first and worst blow was the sudden devastating loss of my only child. Then my brother, after a horrendous experience with stage …
In a former life, I’m pretty sure I must have been a detective. I am so drawn to mysteries. I just can’t help myself and look to solve them everywhere I go. Since moving to the North Beach, I’ve been finding many things to puzzle over. Maybe it’s because I’m new. Or maybe it’s actually an …
Yes, I’ve been absent for a long time. It’s a long story. Let’s just pretend it didn’t happen, if you don’t mind. There are many many North Beach Ways left to ponder. To wit, I have never in my entire 70 years seen a place with as many different speed limits as the North Beach …
It happened as I was preparing a dish to serve our dear out-of-town guests who were coming to visit us in order to pretend to watch the Super Bowl together. As are most things that happen in our household, it was originally inspired by Blaine. He was quite a sports guy, a rolling encyclopedia of …
So the odometer in my car just turned over 88,888 miles. The thing that makes this rather notable is that my car is nearly 20 years old. So yeah, I guess you could say I drive conservatively. In more ways than one. I wait until I have a really good reason to drive and am …
So I fully expected to be blown away by the ocean here. I mean, that's what the North Beach is all about, right? (Well, I admit I'm sometimes blown away by the wind. It can get a mite breezy hereabouts!) But what has unexpectedly blown my mind is the sky! And by sky, I guess …
I think it was among our first conversations after arriving here, during a visit to a credit union to open an account, that we became a little concerned. A very nice woman told us it can be a challenge to find a doctor in these parts. She said that in Grays Harbor County, one does …
And yes, we're still pinching ourselves.
Well first of all, that’s a pretty generic name, is it not? I mean, you see a wide swath of sand looking north from somewhere, you can pretty much call it North Beach. My research suggests that wherever there are beaches (next to oceans, lakes, rivers, whatever), somebody calls at least one part of it …
North Beach Ways 