On the January 18, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus talked with Debbi Steele, Rob Birman, Mary Jane Knecht, Dr. Lee Burnside, MD, and Ann Hedreen about Creativity in Aging.
Tossed Salad for 1/18/2018
Tossed Salad again takes us on a journey through news, music and inspiration. Join Phil Andrus this Friday for:
1:00 – PT Songlines, with Samara Jade and Skeeter Pilarski
1:45 – Creativity in Aging, with Debbi Steele, Rob Birman, Mary Jane Knecht, Dr. Lee Burnside, MD, and Ann Hedreen
2:30 – Tom Jay, “A Word and a Poem”
3:00 – Catherine McNabb, reading
3:30 – Laura Love, legendary songstress
4:30 – Blue Heron Presents
Nature Now #396
Pigeon Guillemot Research – Part 2
(Reprise airdate: January 23, 2019) Debaran Kelso hosts Frances Wood and Govinda Rosling of the Pigeon Guillemot Research Group on Whidbey Island to continue a discussion of the group’s work studying the island’s guillemot population for the past decade. Closing music is “Whidbey Island Blues,” performed by Seattle group The Maldives.
Nature Now #395
Counting Eagles
(First airdate: January 16, 2019) Counting eagles and tracking their food source on the edge of Dabob Bay, Peter Bahls and Jane Hall describe the data collected in their studies.
#127 Brenda Wildcat
(First airdate: January 15, 2019) BRENDA WILDCAT: A MOTHER’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Brenda Wildcat, the mother of a transgender child. Brenda survived a childhood in foster care, with multiple moves and schools. By the age of 21 she was a single mother with two kids to support. The brutal custody fights over her son culminated in her getting custody when he was 12 year old. He grew up, married and had a child of his own before coming out. A reality television show on TLC has documented his transition from male to female, including multiple surgeries. Brenda has struggled with questions. But, in the end, a mother’s love led to her acceptance if her child and the difficult decisions made.
Compass for the Week of 1/14/2019
This week, Compass focuses on the upcoming fire annexation proposal, which is to be addressed by the voters on February 12. To discuss the proposal we have Port Townsend Mayor Deborah Stinson and East Jefferson Fire Rescue Public Information Officer Bill Beezley, discussing the pros and cons of bringing city fire services under the East Jefferson Fire Rescue umbrella.
Tossed Salad for 1/11/2019
This Friday, Phil Andrus brings us another varied and interesting Tossed Salad program of local folks doing interesting things. Take a listen:
1:00 – Bread and Gravy, Port Angeles duo
2:00 – Will O’Donnell, Jefferson County PUD
2:30 – Samara Jade, songs of her own making
3:15 – Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation, with Candice Gohn and Honey Niemann
3:45 – Nikki Rummer, performance artist
4:15 – Nan Toby, pianist
4:30 – Don White, reading The Killers by Ernest Hemingway
Nature Now #394 Climate Change and Life in the Sea
Nan Evans talks with Dr. Jan Newton, a biological oceanographer, about how climate changes are affecting life in the sea and how scientists are learning to predict these changes in different areas of the oceans. And what does that mean for human communities?
Peter Donahue
(First airdate: January 8, 2019) Host Sheila Bender talks via phone with Washington novelist Peter Donahue about his new book Three Sides Water, three short novels containing a cast of disparate characters finding their way during different decades in communities around the Olympic Peninsula.
Marine Science Center, 2018
(Reprise – first airdate: March 20, 2018) This reprise of Everybody Can dives in with Diane Quinn, program director for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center along with Jo Ferrero to provide our listeners with the inside story about volunteering at this well-loved landmark located at Ft. Worden. From tides to shorelines, docents to citizen scientists – the opportunities abound for community connections.
