Editor’s note: Edmonds Beacon columnist Peter Kelley, whose “Back in Edmonds” column was one of our favorites. has died. When his wife, Elizabeth Kelley, emailed me the news, I was …
It was about this time of year at Edmonds Junior High, this drizzly midwinter, that they made us wrestle. A half century-plus later, the weird memories are still in there – moving back to …
It’s a crisp fall afternoon in maybe 1970. I am running full speed for a pass in a pick-up flag football game at Pine Street Playfield. I’m in the clear and really hitting the gas, sprinting …
It’s fifth-grade recess and a wild game of soak ’em has come down to me alone – the smallest kid in class. My teammates can barely watch. A wiry kid on the other side has the ball, the soft …
I bought the newly remastered "Revolver" album the other day. My review: It sounds better than ever, and Ringo's drumming is sensational. There, done. But the album rekindled memories of 1966, …