ANACORTES — Bill Mitchell’s playful, winsome murals are part of Anacortes’ artistic history. Now a new coloring book filled with Mitchell cartoons will help make sure they stay that way. Proceeds from “Mitchell’s Colorful Cast of Characters,” which features recently rediscovered Mitchell cartoons, will raise money to preserve the murals […]
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Why we must preserve bounders and bonking at all costs
On a personal level, I’m disappointed more than a third don’t know a right “idjit” can also be known as a “wally”, as the full name of my old school (Walthamstow Hall) was fondly called Wally Hall by countless old girls. My first headmistress there had been a missionary in […]
The Uncertain Future of Places That Preserve America’s Past
Thanks to the City’s infamous witch trials, the historic homes and gardens on the Salem, Mass., waterfront usually get about a third of their annual visitors in the Halloween season. But the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lock-downs have created a scary situation for these places: most of the rest of […]