Longtime Island brokerage firm Tea Lane Associates has joined an international networking and listing organization for real estate companies. Forbes Global Properties is an invitation-only network with a platform that provides a reach to buyers and sellers worldwide. Tea Lane representatives say the inclusion in the global brand will help their reach. “We have been […]
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” Decades after he wrote them, these words of poet e.e. cummings ring true. Seeds are planted in our childhood that set us on a path, and one day, if we’re lucky, we look around at what has been growing in our garden, weed […]
Longtime Island resident Betsy Macdonald passed away on Sept. 25, 2022, after a battle with frontotemporal dementia. She spent her final days resting peacefully surrounded by her two sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and family pets including two cats, 11 chickens, and a loving German shepherd who, much to the entire family’s comfort, stayed dutifully by […]
The virus hit Whidbey Island early in 2020, and photojournalist Lynn Johnson was there. A million deaths later, we return to see how the pandemic has subtly but indelibly altered life there forever.