Slouching Towards Lummi Island

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by L.M. Archer, FWS | Bourgogne ML

Slouching Towards Lummi Island: Part 1 of 3

Lummi Island hosts a hotbed of sustainable activity, including internationally renown The Willows Inn.

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A writer’s job is to listen. To observe. To remain apart from the story.

That said, I recently traveled to Lummi Island to film a video episode for a food network.

Let’s just say that comfort zones may have been violated in the course of the project.

Mine. This is my story.

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Slouching Towards Lummi Island

Part 1 of 3: Leaving

Another typical day in the Pacific Northwest. If you’re a native, you know the drill.

A day when rain washes down in curtains, not drops.

When the highest setting on your windshield wipers prove useless against the torrential downpour tormenting you.

A day when you pray that the car that just backwashed you won’t hydroplane into you.

That kind of day.

Definitely not a day to be out and about in a SmartCar.

But I have work to do.

And the universe has a diabolical sense of humor.

To be continued…

Part 2 of 3 | Arriving

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