Editorial
By Angela Downs Judith-Kate Friedman is the founder of Songwriting Works, steward of Myth Legacy Project, coach of Aliveness Through Arts, and an award-winning performing artist. We met two years ago when I came to her home at Mossy Rock to offer my support as a home caretaker. This week,
Local News
by Angela Downs How do we fortify a community? This is so often the question on the minds of counselors, shop owners, parents, medicine workers, artists, farmers, and many others. One major sector of society that needs consideration, and at this time receives far less fortification than deserved, are the
Local News
Photo by Angela Downs [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs There’s construction on Lawrence Street. The city of Port Townsend has designed a beautiful, easy-to-use new sidewalk with public safety in mind for rolling strollers, playing, hauling inventory, moving with a disability, the elderly, and the beauty
Angela Downs
By Angela Downs Even before Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were states, there were Grange Halls. “Its primary function back then was to help farmers help themselves and to provide education to farmers from trusted sources.” Says current Quimper Grange President, Doug Groenig. At one time, there were over 400 granges
Editorial
By Angela Downs I’m talking with Greta Montagne of Gentle Strength Botanicals in Arcata, CA. She has been sharing about her back-to-nature upbringing, emergency medicine, herbal grief care, and hope for the revolution of home medicine (see last month's column to catch the first half of our
Housing
Concept art illustration by Kristina Stimson [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs The median-priced home in Jefferson County is now selling for over $600,000, and based on the median income, most people who live in Jefferson County cannot afford to buy a home here. Fortunately, there’s
Editorial
Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs Greta Montagne is the founder and owner of Gentle Strength Botanicals, a garden-to-shelf apothecary outside of Arcata, CA, offering Western Clinical Herbalism, Herbal First Aid, and Ayurveda. I met Greta through the 2024 Northwest Herbal Fair in Quilcene