REALTalk ~ Robert Leung ~ Living Eulogies

June 25th, 2019 - Posted in

Ever wonder what people will say about you at your funeral?  Why wait?  That’s what REALTalk guest Robert Leung says.  Robert is a life coach and artist who’s been working on  the idea of ‘living eulogies’ for several years.  The process involves gathering your closest friends and asking them to write about you as if […]

REALTalk ~ Ainslie MacLeod ~ Past Lives

April 9th, 2019 - Posted in

If you’ve ever wondered who you are, why you’re here or how to navigate life on earth, tune in as host Susan McCabe welcomes past life psychic and author Ainslie MacLeod.  Ainslie’s newest book, The Old Soul’s Guidebook, offers a past-lives perspective on those big life questions like “Why the heck am I here?” or […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Lawrence Matsuda

March 23rd, 2019 - Posted in

  Lawrence Matsuda was born in the Minidoka, Idaho Concentration Camp during World War II. He and his family were among the approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese held without due process for approximately three years or more. Matsuda has a Ph.D. in education from the University of Washington. His book of poetry, A Cold Wind […]

Vashon Pesticide Forum

March 21st, 2019 - Posted in

A presentation and discussion of herbicides for the landscape- safe and not so safe solutions 7 speakers and a question and answer period at the end. Presenters: Michael Laurie- introduces the forum Diane Emerson- Garden Green- begins at 9:20:22 Lianne Sheppard- begins at 32:37:05 Shannon Brittan- Seattle Univ. Grounds Dept.- begins at 42:25:28 Rob Peterson- […]

“It’s more important than ever before to hold hands and catch and share stories of substance and grace and defiant courage and irrepressible humor. The alternative is to allow nothing in our lives but sales pitches and lies.” —Brian Doyle This is a panel discussion of Brian’s genius that follows the dramatic reading, “Kissing the […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Debra Busman

March 2nd, 2019 - Posted in

Debra Busman is a fiction/creative non-fiction writer and co-director of the Creative Writing and Social Action Program at California State University Monterey Bay. Co-editor of Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing, Busman’s work has been published in Combined Destinies: Whites Share Grief About Racism, Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape, The LA Review, and more. Her […]

REALTalk ~ Joel Salatin

February 26th, 2019 - Posted in

Joel Salatin calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don’t like him call him a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, charlatan, and starvation advocate. Join […]

Stirring The Pot ~ Tom Conway

January 23rd, 2019 - Posted in

Shaker Lemon Tart Tom Conway, as adapted from Saveur. Ingredients: FILLING 2 large organic lemons 2 cups sugar 1/4 tsp. salt 4 eggs 6 tbsp. butter, melted 3 tbsp. sifted flour PIE DOUGH 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. salt 10 tbsp. cold butter, cut into pieces 2 tbsp. lard or vegetable shortening ice cold […]

Stirring The Pot ~ Chris Boscia

January 10th, 2019 - Posted in

A recipe for Mi Sofrito from Chris Boscia, Vashon Community Pub ( Yield 2 cups) Sofrito Ingredients 3 medium sized red, yellow, orange bell peppers, diced 1 large or 2 medium white onions, diced 3-4 cloves garlic, minced 1 can plum tomatoes, chopped and drained (about 1 cup) 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, coursely chopped […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Betsy Bell

January 5th, 2019 - Posted in

Betsy Bell, mother, grandmother, businesswoman, is a longtime justice activist. Publications include poems in various chapbooks and magazines; a personal essay in The Oklahoma Review, a non-fiction piece, Sex, Death and Line Dancing, in, and an opinion piece on senior living in the Seattle Times. Born in New York City in 1937, she has witnessed firsthand the social upheaval created […]