Category: Neighborhood

CONTENTS 8/17/2020
Last Elizabeth Park Concert For 2020!!
Neighborhood Meeting
Parker Has Been Found
Avellino
Painter
Outdoor Adventure Nanny Needed
Free Ink Jet Cartridges
Washing Machine
Yamaha Keyboard For Sale
Storm Door Gone
Fl!p’s 70th Birthday Concert
The Right “Wrong Post”
Radio Free Fl!p: Friend For Life

LAST ELIZABETH PARK CONCER FOR 2020!!

Craig O’s Planet Groove
Thursday Aug.18 at 6 pm
YouTube

https://youtu.be/uyBGsPjcOQo

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethParkSummerConcerts/videos/619268542334605/?notif_id=1597441322570863&notif_t=premiere_video_processed

KMRE-FM 102-3

www.KMRE.org

COLUMBIA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY MEETING

Online – Zoom Call
Tuesday, August 25, 7-8:30pm
Our Neighborhood Quarterly Meeting will be focused on conversations with our neighbors to share ideas, tips, strategies during this time of COVID-19.

AGENDA
1) Welcome and CNA Announcements
2) CNA Treasurer’s  and MNAC Report
3) Get to Know Your Neighbors Activity
4) Columbia Conversations in Breakout Rooms. Room Topics – 1- Strategies for staying home, staying healthy, 2- Neighborhood Facebook Page, 3- Parenting and education in the Pandemic, 4- Sharing things you can do at home and outside, 5 – Other.
5) Meeting Wrap up
*Join Zoom Meeting

https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/j/95083839982?pwd=Ny95eFZVNncyeGZMZk5WQmxkWFd3Zz09

Meeting ID: 950 8383 9982
Passcode: 570291
One tap mobile
+12532158782,,95083839982# US

PARKER HAS BEEN FOUND

My son Parker ran away earlier today and I asked many folks if they had seen him and to keep an eye out for him. For those who were on the lookout, please know that he’s been located (hiding on our property) and thank you so much for helping to keep an eye out. Regards, ~ Tim Sturtz

AVELLINO

Gluten-Free Bakery on Cornwall is still in business. They are a dedicated gluten free facility and sell breads, baked goods, gluten free flour blends, and beverages. My favorite item to splurge on is their cream puff pastry. Love the staff there. -Kaleigh Downing on Washington St

PAINTER?

I am looking for a skillful, experienced painter who can do some touch-up painting on the exterior of my small house within the next 2 weeks or so. Please let me know if you have worked with someone you feel good about recommending. Thanks. ~ Pamela Fuller  (360) 920-6843

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE NANNY NEEDED 

(Part Time, Flexible Schedule, $15/hr) We are in search of an Outdoor Adventure Nanny for our two boys, ages 4yrs and 1 1/2 years.  Our boys love running around in the back yard as well as bike rides/Bob stroller rides along any trail in Bellingham.  We are looking for someone who could lovingly oversee their adventures on a part-time basis at least through January, while we are working from home.  We are possibly open to Nannying inside our home as well, but during COVID, it is something we’d need to discuss.  Please text or call if interested.
~ Heather Leque. 206-406-4498. Victor Street

FREE INK JET CARTRIDGES

One box of two Canon 225 PGBK cartridges, one each Canon 226 BK, M, C, plus 2 Cannon 226 Y cartridges. Bought them recently then discovered that my printer had died. Bought a new printer but these don’t fit. Thanks! Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor, Williams St, beoakstone3@gmail.com

WASHING MACHINE

2014 LG HE washing machine for sale.  Runs great! $350   360-734-0474. Thanks, Kim Rideout

YAMAHA KEYBOARD FOR SALE

$75 – Electric keyboard with adapter and stand in good shape. 3’wide and adjusts up to 3′ tall.
Jacks in back for headphones and for amp.  If you’d like to see pictures, go to Craigslist: https://bellingham.craigslist.org/msg/d/bellingham-yamaha-keyboard/7176942229.html
We wiped it down last week and haven’t touched it since.  If interested, email Lizanne Schader on Victor St. at  zanjer@q.com.

STORM DOOR GONE

The storm door has found a home! Thank you!  ~ Hannah Stone

FL!P’S 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT

Thursday August 27, 7 PM online
When I was invited to play an online concert as a Fairhaven College alumnus on August 20th, I said I couldn’t possibly because that would be in conflict with our Elizabeth Park concerts. So they asked if I could do the following week. And that was exactly on my 70th birthday! So I said yes. If you want to tune in, you’re welcome. I will be playing my Columbia Neighborhood guitar and singing at least a couple neighborhood-specific songs. I don’t yet have links for you to click, but as soon as I do, I’ll post them on FlipAndZeke.com. This will be a family friendly affair, though not a ‘children’s concert.’ There is room for everyone!

THE RIGHT “WRONG POST”

More on your inadvertent post of “Welcome to the World”: it came on the day a Bellingham friend emailed me with photos of a new baby grandson just born the day before. I sent her the link to the song, she loved it and was sure the baby’s parents would too. It was already such a coincidence to have the perfect song appear in my inbox less than an hour after our correspondence about the birth. Even more amazing to realize it was not the song you meant to post. But, meant to be!
~ Anita Holladay, Orcas Island

RADIO FREE FL!P: FRIEND FOR LIFE

Bryan Bowers phoned this morning to share a new poem he’s written. We hear from him from time to time and love him dearly. So when I was thinking about what to share today, of course I thought of Bryan. This is one of my favorites of the many songs he sings. As a child back in Virginia, Bryan would tag along with the field workers and gandy dancers and learned to sing old call-and-answer songs. He’s the real deal. Bryan wrote this, collaborating with Bill Danoff who also co-wrote the John Denver hit Country Roads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZI36QfJMM0

Love/Fl!p 360-671-4511  2518 Cherry Street flip@columbianeighborhood.org

If you want to ask me to post something, just email me. If it’s urgent, phone. If it’s a real emergency, call 911.

CONTENTS 8/17/2020
Neighborhood Meeting
Lost Basset Is Home
Free 32″ Storm Door
Cleaner & Cook?
Black Sheet
Vise?
Radio Free Fl!p:  Happy Adoption Day

COLUMBIA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY MEETING

Online – Zoom Call
Tuesday, August 25, 7-8:30pm (Note date correction!)

Our Neighborhood Quarterly Meeting will be focused on conversations with our neighbors to share ideas, tips, strategies during this time of COVID-19.

AGENDA
1) Welcome and CNA Announcements
2) CNA Treasurer’s  and MNAC Report3) Get to Know Your Neighbors Activity
4) Columbia Conversations in Breakout Rooms. Room Topics – 1- Strategies for staying home, staying healthy, 2- Neighborhood Facebook Page, 3- Parenting and education in the Pandemic, 4- Sharing things you can do at home and outside, 5 – Other.
5) Meeting Wrap up
*Join Zoom Meeting

https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/j/95083839982?pwd=Ny95eFZVNncyeGZMZk5WQmxkWFd3Zz09

Meeting ID: 950 8383 9982
Passcode: 570291
One tap mobile
+12532158782,,95083839982# US

LOST BASSET IS HOME

Thanks everyone!

FREE 32″ STORM DOOR

We have a brand new 32″ right-hinged white storm door (with both a screen insert, a glass insert, and an oiled-bronze handle set) that is looking for a home. We decided to go with a black frame instead. We were unable to return the white door and we don’t have another use for it. Please note that it is a 32″ frame. If it fits your needs, you are welcome to come pick it up.
Thank you!
Hannah and Brad Stone
2730 Kulshan Street
(360) 582-7543

CLEANER & COOK?

A neighbor of mine, who is a good guy and community-spirited person, is fairly new in Bellingham, after living in the Tacoma area for many years. We’ve met over neighborhood issues up here on the hill. (They both live up by Toad Lake – this is from my Pix list. I’ve known Margie for years.) I feel comfortable endorsing him as a good, safe person. He asked me if I wanted to do some housework for him, and as a hater of housework, I had to decline. But I told him I’d put in a word for him on your blog if that’s OK. Also he is looking for a personal chef since he isn’t much of a cook, and has a tech business he is trying to run almost single-handedly from his home and has little time for these home-ly tasks. Here’s a quick blurb:

~ Margie Katz

Hi! My name is Maximilian and I’m looking for someone to help me with housework.  I’m 40-ish, moved here last year from the Tacoma area. I need a 7 a.m. early morning type of person who is trustworthy about wearing a mask and is unlikely to bring Covid-19 exposure along. I’m also interested in finding someone who might be able to prepare regular meals for my freezer or refrigerator. I’m honest, fair and trustworthy, have a great sense of humor, and am happy to pay appropriately for this work. I have no pets. You’d need a car as I live up a steep hill far from any bus service. Please contact me at (253) 279-6638.

BLACK SHEET

Looking to borrow a black sheet to use as a backdrop for a video interview. Fl!p 360-671-4511

VISE?

One of those big clamps. We’re looking for someone who could put the 4” square plastic top of an under-counter water filter into their clamp, and then turn the filter, to get the top off. The filter might still have some residual water in it.  Fl!p 360-671-4511

HAPPY ADOPTION DAY

That’s funny! I linked the wrong song in my last post. I linked to Welcome To The World. Here’s the one I meant to share. Still John McCutcheon. And here’s a neighbor’s response to yesterday’s mix-up: I am sitting outside in my backyard  in this amazing warm evening. I just looked  at the newsletter and saw this song you put on it and listen to it. It was perfect for me to hear. Here’s why. My best friend (from meeting in kindergarten)  was a nurse in the Appalachian Mountains/Kentucky hills I early 1980s  and introduced me to John McCutcheon.    Then when we adopted in 1998, she turned me onto the “happy adoption day “song which we sang probably hundreds of times over many years. (I heard that he wrote it because I think his sister had adopted.) And it’s not the song that you sent, there’s actually one that is called Happy Adoption Day which is different. So you can Google that. But, my friend’s son and his wife just had a baby two days ago and I will be sending them this song. They live in Connecticut. My friend lives in Wisconsin now. She is the person I traveled  to Washington state with back in 1974 when we were just visiting a friend of mine hat had moved here from Maryland and we had zero intention of staying – but I never left. So thank you for pushing a button and a memory and I know that my friend and her son and his wife are going to appreciate this song. ~ Jana Williams, Walnut Street

hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZZtUe0l2Q

Love/Fl!p 360-671-4511  2518 Cherry Street flip@columbianeighborhood.org

If you want to ask me to post something, just email me. If it’s urgent, phone. If it’s a real emergency, call 911.

CONTENTS 8/14/2020
Uncountable Ballots
Neck Gaiters Update
Concert In The Park Series At Elizabeth Park
Flattery
Pop Up Art And Plant Sale
Free Treehouse: (Claimed!)
Burnish Clay Studio
Computer
Fl!p’s 70th Birthday Concert
Radio Free Fl!p: Caledonia

UNCOUNTABLE BALLOTS

Whatcom County Auditor Diana Bradrick: “Every election hundreds of ballots go uncounted because voters don’t know to check the pick-up times where they drop off their mail. It’s really sad because these are votes we’re unable to count. It also represents a cost to taxpayers because these ballots require special handling.”

NECK GAITERS UPDATE

Hold off. Other credible scientists say we don’t actually know there’s a problem with gaiters. Wait for better science. Research has been sparked.

CONCERT IN THE PARK SERIES AT ELIZABETH PARK

A Short video from Peter Roberts of The Eldridge Society.

https://www.facebook.com/110029047282962/videos/331588028223249/?v=331588028223249

FLATTERY

Hi Neighbors,

At least 4/5ths of Flattery find ourselves available this Saturday from 1-3pm, so we are going to be running through some of our Celtic Tunes and folky songs as a pop-up yard concert at 2114 Williams St. (1st. block off Eldridge) from 1-3pm. 

Flattery (or A Flattering Light when we aren’t all present) are Don Sayegh on guitar and vocals, Kurt Yandell on mandolin/bazooki and vocals, Todd Citron Irish whistles, flute, Bodhran and vocals, Beth Fuller vocals and rhythm toys, Eric Mickleson on fiddle (when he’s not fiddling around elsewhere). We’d love to have folks come by to listen. Wear your masks and keep a good distance, and take a stroll down Williams Street to hear some live music on Saturday. Cheers!  

POP UP ART AND PLANT SALE

Saturday, Aug. 15th from 11am-1:30pm.. Come to the alley behind 2524 Victor St., between Victor and Williams (and leave any cars out on the main streets). I’m going to post it on Craigslist and I’ll add some photos. We will have stuff spread out – please wear your mask! Cash, checks or Venmo accepted.

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/gms/d/bellingham-pop-up-art-and-plant-sale/7176930949.html

Lizanne Schader at zanjer@q.com

FREE TREEHOUSE: YOU HAUL

Hello, we don’t have young children in our household and would love for the treehouse at 2700 Williams Street to go to a good home. If you choose to take it, we ask that you completely remove it from the tree and yard. We will text photos upon request. Please contact Paul Beckel 360-820-9995 by text.

BURNISH CLAY STUDIO

Over in Sunnyland, is owned by Columba neighbor Heather Hitt. Burnish is a community clay studio that, when the world was normal, offered classes and other clay related services. They currently have a Monthly Membership program for adults and teens age 14+ to use the studio equipment. Usage is by appointment via an online system to make sure they keep the number of people in the space at a safe level. Wheels & work tables are spaced 6 feet apart and masks are required at all times. This is available to people of all skill levels as long as they have taken at least 1 clay class somewhere in the not so distant past as there is no instruction included in the program. 

https://www.burnishclaystudio.com/phase-2-membership.html#/

Especially since kids will be staying home a while longer, playing with clay is a great way to make some art & have some dirty fun. They have clay available for sale to work with at home and offer firing services as well to complete finished pieces. People who picked up a Quarantine Clay Kit from Jeramy & Megan Noet of Blue Water Pottery are also welcome to bring finished pieces to Burnish to fire. There is a page on their website that lays out options and pricing for these services. 

https://www.burnishclaystudio.com/home-studio-resources—new-to-clay.html#/

Studio email is heather@burnishclaystudio.com

COMPUTER

Ooops. The fix didn’t stick. New keyboard coming. Meanwhile, PLEASE format. All caps headline. First & last name & street name please. Thanks!

Fl!P’S 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT

Thursday August 27, 7 PM

It looks like my concert will be broadcast more than once. First time, on my birthday, but it looks like there will be other times too. You’ll be able to watch on YouTube or FaceBook, or listen on KMRE 102.3 FM https://www.kmre.org/ I will get you links as soon as I have them.

RADIO FREE FL!P: CALEDONIA

Dougie Maclean & Guests. Can’t remember if I ran this before. It’s just lovely!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxqjzCxNEE&feature=youtu.be

Love/Fl!p 360-671-4511  2518 Cherry Street flip@columbianeighborhood.org

If you want to ask me to post something, just email me. If it’s urgent, phone. If it’s a real emergency, call 911.

CONTENTS 8/11/2020
Masks Again
Business Shout-Outs
    Goods
    El Mana
    Bellingham Yoga Collective
    Goji’s Bistro
    Darrah Blanton Dance
Free Documentary Film Link
Film LinkBike Trailer For A Child?
Bed?
Oops! Computer Balks Again
Radio Free Fl!p: Fairie’s Death Waltz, Performed!

MASKS AGAIN

There turns out there is one kind of mask that is actually worse than not wearing one. “…breathable neck gaiter, well-liked by runners for its lightweight fabric, ranked worse than the no-mask control group. The gaiter tested by the researchers was described in the study as a “neck fleece” made out of a polyester spandex material…” This article in the Washington Post does a good job of describing the Duke University research methods and results in detail.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/mask-test-duke-covid/2020/08/10/4f2bb888-db18-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

BUSINESS SHOUT-OUTS

I highly recommend Diamond Jim’s. Like most locally owned businesses their attendance has slowed.  The home made, from scratch items on their menu are excellent and filling. I ordered Eggs Benedict last visit there. Not only was it delicious, but its hollandaise met my high standards. The service and spacing were perfect.  Jim’s breakfasts and lunches are both grrreeaattt! Please visit them. ~ Karen Walkup, Lynn St

This is a shoutout to the folks a Goods Nursery and their kindness to me. I tripped and fell in the street, not on their property, after making a purchase from them. They ran right over there to help me up, walk me to my car, and make sure I was OK.  They replaced the eggs and strawberries that were strewn all over the street, and wouldn’t take money for the replacements. I am touched by their kindness and want everyone in the neighborhood to know. Thank you. ~ Carol Brach

Guatemalan Honduran Restaurant  El Mana is just down about three doors from the old Albertsons on Northwest. I particularly like the pupusas and the Guatemalan enchiladas. They definitely could use our business. They are open for indoor seating as well. The place is large and there is usually no one there. Staff is all one family and they are very friendly. ~ Kristin Barber

Small business recommendation:
Bellingham Yoga Collective: They are offering outdoor deck yoga at their Waypoint Park location.  Small groups, socially distanced, masked until you’re on your mat (and then again when class ends).  Enjoy the glorious water view, fresh air and variety of classes/instructors.  Highly recommend! ~ Darrah Blanton, Williams St.

Small Business Recommendation
Goji’s Bistro in the small strip mall at Kellogg and Cordata (across from the new building at WCC) has been doing it right for several months now.  When small businesses were give the go-ahead to open with certain restrictions, Peter determined that it was still not safe enough so they remain a Take Out only provider of fresh, wholesome, and hearty meals.  His staff has always worn the masks and gloves and collects the pens used to sign your credit card receipts for sanitation during their slower period.  Their close proximity to WCC made them a favorite of the students there so they have obviously lost some of that business.  If you can, I hope you will consider throwing some of your business their way. Call 360 656-6291. ~ Tom & Kathy Sparks, Utter Street

Darrah Blanton Dance (http://www.darrahblantondance.com/) has been wonderful for our kids, both in person and now online. The teachers are engaging and prepared. Our kids look forward to weekly classes and have made lots of progress with their dancing.  I highly recommend trying out a class. ~ Cathy Halka (Lynn St)

FREE DOCUMENTARY FILM LINK

On August 18, 1919 the 19th amendment was ratified by the United States Congress providing the first women with the right to vote. CASCADIA will celebrate the centennial of  this historic day the special screening of the documentary film, “Inez Milholland: Forward Into Light,” directed by Martha Wheelock.  Watch the trailer here. The film honors suffragist Inez Milholland who literally gave her life fighting for the right to vote. Her martyrdom compelled women to be the first group to picket the White House, with Inez’s plea emblazoned on their banners: “How long must women wait for Liberty?” This civil disobedience and direct action pushed women’s suffrage front and center and finally into the 19th Federal Amendment. The film will be available free of charge August 15th and 16th. Here’s the direct link: https://vimeo.com/170906971 Password: inezlight2016. Will not play without the password. 

EGGSHELLS?

I had no idea! Treasured by gardeners for slug control and calcium. The big volunteer garden that supplies food programs will take all we can provide. I’ll be a drop-off point. 2518 Cherry Street. Prefer paper sacks to plastic. Fine to crunch the shells down. Thanks! ~ Fl!p

BIKE TRAILER FOR A CHILD?

We’d like to borrow a (chariot style?) bike trailer for a while, perhaps three weeks. We could leave a damage deposit.  Does anyone have one they aren’t using?  ~ Kathy Fox, Elizabeth St.  360 441 6239

BED?

Looking for a Rollaway Bed. If anyone has one that they are not using and would be willing to rent out for a couple of months, I would be interested. Contact Kristin Barber kristinmbarber1@gmail.com

OOPS! COMPUTER BALKS AGAIN

I may be out of commission for long enough to get a new keyboard. For now, format for me so I don’t have to type. Headline, first and last name, street. Thanks!

RADIO FREE FL!P: FAIRIE’S DEATH WALTZ, PERFORMED!

Here’s the music, and then a synthesizer performance of it. Look at the sheet music first to see why this cracked me up!

http://kimballtrombone.com/2010/05/11/just-for-fun-faeries-aire-and-death-waltz/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L7b3gi02ws&feature=share

Love/Fl!p 360-671-4511   flip@columbianeighborhood.org

If you want to ask me to post something, just email me. If it’s urgent, phone. If it’s a real emergency, call 911.

CONTENTS 8/10/2020
Alert: Lost Hearing Aid
Elizabeth Park Concert: bandZandt
Piroshky
Support Small Businesses
Free Documentary Film
Eggshells
Refrigerator Box
Radio Free Fl!p: The Glory Of Love

LOST HEARING AID

I lost my hearing aid tonight, Monday, Aug. 10. It is brown with a blue dot. I lost it along Connecticut between Northwest and Broadway Park. If someone finds it, please call me at 360 676 7308.  Thanks, ~ Lora Eckert

ELIZABETH PARK CONCERT: bandZandt

Thursday Aug.13 at 6 pm bandZandt plays the big barn version of the Elizabeth Park Concert Series! Here’s a link: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethParkSummerConcerts/videos/221175059196816

PIROSHKY

In Bellingham on August 30th-limited pre orders.

https://piroshkydelivery.com/

Click on “View Calendar” and scroll down to Boundary Bay Brewery on August 31st. Orders must be submitted by August 28 at 2 PM. I particularly liked the Cheddar Garlic Roll, the Smoked Salmon Pate and the Cinnamon Cardamon Braid. I’m looking forward to trying the Fresh Rhubarb Piroshky.

SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES

Send me your shout-outs for locals. Tell me something they’re doing well. I will relax my rules about being non-commercial in this pandemic to the extent that I will include shout-outs from happy customers, and news about innovations businesses are trying. If we want our restaurants and small local businesses to survive we need to patronize them. Tell me who’s doing something wonderful!

FREE DOCUMENTARY FILM

On August 18, 1919 the 19th amendment was ratified by the United States Congress providing the first women with the right to vote. CASCADIA will celebrate the centennial of  this historic day the special screening of the documentary film, “Inez Milholland: Forward Into Light,” directed by Martha Wheelock.  Watch the trailer here. The film honors suffragist Inez Milholland who literally gave her life fighting for the right to vote. Her martyrdom compelled women to be the first group to picket the White House, with Inez’s plea emblazoned on their banners: “How long must women wait for Liberty?” This civil disobedience and direct action pushed women’s suffrage front and center and finally into the 19^th Federal Amendment. The film will be available free of charge August 15th and 16th. I will post the link and password later this week.

EGGSHELLS

I was amazed at how many gardeners wanted my eggshells. I’m willing to be a collection point, or just start saving your own and let me know when you have enough to post.

REFRIGERATOR BOX

Still seeking a really big cardboard box! ~ Fl!p

RADIO FREE FL!P: THE GLORY OF LOVE

Big Bill Broonzey

Especially that bent note at .58 sec, and also later. It was recorded solo, July 1957, around a year before he died. [I got to play his guitar at the Old Town School Of Folk Music in Chicago in 1971.]

Big Bill Broonzy (26 June 1898 — 15 August 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly black audiences. Through the ’30s and ’40s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with white audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century.

Broonzy copyrighted more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including both adaptations of traditional folk songs and original blues songs. As a blues composer, he was unique in that his compositions reflected the many vantage points of his rural-to-urban experiences. (The above is adapted from Wikipedia).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJBhfwP6VSQ&lc=Ugz_hsFC2SgreFrxf1Z4AaABAg.97dvDpjIClg9BpZOYfDETh&feature=em-comments

Love/Fl!p 360-671-4511   flip@columbianeighborhood.org

If you want to ask me to post something, just email me. If it’s urgent, phone. If it’s a real emergency, call 911.

CONTENTS 8/9/2020
Fl!p’s Computer Lives
Found Cat
County Health Dept Survey
Elizabeth Station Pizza!
Old Signs
Free Glass Coffee Table
Survival Of The Friendliest
Seeking A Home
Share House?
Radio Free Fl!p:  Fl!p’s 70Th Birthday Concert

FL!P’S COMPUTER

I think I’m back! No promises, but so far today we’ve got smooth sailing. Fingers crossed. Thank you to the MANY supporters who brought keyboards, suggested repair folks, and even donated money. I might not need a new computer after all. It looked bad Thursday, but my keyboard has been slowly improving and I’m typing smoothly this evening! I took it to Angelo of Compu-Man out on the north shore of Lake Whatcom. He replaced the battery, which had swollen, and cleaned the keyboard. He also told me to stop eating at my computer… Total cost under $200.

I could give back the various keyboards you all loaned me at this point. Though I have fallen in love with the little silver Apple bluetooth keyboard and may see if it will work with my iPad. I think I’ve learned I have to do better backups than just plugging in the remote disc every 10 days. Getting a bunch of files replicated on the iPad might be good insurance. Thank you everybody!

FOUND CAT

We found a cat this morning (8/9) on the sidewalk of Elizabeth Street and West Connecticut. It has white with other tabby and light brown markings. The cat was microchipped, so efforts are underway to locate the owner. If you are missing a cat please contact Bethany Gray Flint. Thanks, Jason Pass, Eldridge Ave

COUNTY HEALTH DEPT SURVEY

Whatcom County residents are asked by the county health department to take a 10-minute online survey seeking to understand people’s choices to adopt personal prevention practices such as limiting social gatherings or wearing masks in public or social settings. (WCHD)

ELIZABETH STATION PIZZA!

Thursdays through Sundays for dine in from 3-6:30 and take out from 3-7! We are making the dough (72 hour fermentation) and sauce from scratch for these 13 inch pies. If you’ve tried out take home pizza kits in the past few weeks, you know how good these are. We will be serving 5 different styles for you to try with more coming in the next few weeks. We are very excited to see what you all think. We’ve been testing these in house for a little bit now and we are excited to get these out to the public! Find the menu at Elizabethstation.es/foodmenu 

OLD SIGNS

If anyone wants to upcycle their political signage, I gladly take it. My students use it to make various projects such as rocket fins, rubber band powered vehicles, buildings/obstacle courses for their robots, etc, etc. Just drop them off at the corner of Walnut and Connecticut near the big fir tree.

Thanks – Gary Brandt

FREE GLASS COFFEE TABLE

Free glass coffee table in front of 2621 Walnut. Come and get it before the weather does. Thanks!
David Engebretson Jr
2621 Walnut
360-318-5573

SURVIVAL OF THE FRIENDLIEST

Pretty interesting…

https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Friendliest-not-fittest-is-key-to-15419832.php

SEEKING A HOME

These are two young adults I know well and love dearly! They grew up here in town. I can be an enthusiastic reference for them! ~ Fl!p

We are a young couple (late 20s) looking for a new place to call home! We’re both WWU grads, now working as educators in Bellingham. Katy works for the Opportunity Council in their early learning department and Evan teaches music and theatre with BAAY and other local institutions.

Our ideal home would be a two bedroom (or bedroom and separate office/work space) house with lots of light inside, and some outdoor space for a small garden. We would love to be within a reasonable walk or bike ride from downtown (e.g. Lettered Streets, Sunnyland, York, Sehome, Columbia neighborhoods). Our ideal budget would be up to $1,500 a month, and we would be happy to do work trade (gardening, upkeep, etc.) to help keep it in that range. These are, of course, ideals, so we’re willing to entertain other options, as long as they have some kind of outdoor space.

We have been isolating ourselves as much as possible during the pandemic while primarily working from home. We’ve found ourselves feeling constrained in our lovely-but-tiny apartment, and are finding it is time to have a little bit more space, windows that look outside, and especially some green space to garden. We’ve been together for 10 years, and our lifestyle is mostly quiet save for our musicianship (guitar & harp mostly). We are happiest in nature or working on our artistic projects.

Please contact us if you have a place like this to let, or simply if you have any info or leads! References and further info on request.

Evan Ingalls & Katy Mullen
evan.ingalls@gmail.com
ktmahalia@gmail.com

SHARE HOUSE?

Hi, I’m Andrzej! I’m moving to Bellingham and seeking a shared living arrangement starting (ideally) at the beginning of September to be more available to my aging parents. I’m used to living well with others; I’ve lived in an eight-person co-op in San Francisco (6 years) and, more recently, in a shared house in Berkeley (8 years to date). I’m easy to get along with, respectful, tidy, and clean. I enjoy social gatherings and also understand the need for personal time and space. I love cooking. I run my own company and work from home (or from cafes during normal times). I’m a singer songwriter (my primary interest is folk and world music) though this has taken more of a back seat to my company recently. I’m passionate about nature & the environment and the role music, the arts, and ecological literacy can play in strengthening environmental ethics. To this end I help produce the Future Ecologies podcast and started Half Wild, which I’m hoping to bring to Bellingham. It features performing songwriters, poets, filmmakers, and writers whose work is grounded in a connection to nature and to the land. My ideal living situation would be with other folks interested in nature & the outdoors, ecology, community, or the arts. I can be reached at andrzej@halfwild.earth

RADIO FREE FL!P:  FL!P’S 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT

Thursday August 27th at 7:00 PM, Online Link TBA

Here’s an early notice, in case you’d like to join me. I’m afraid you’ll need to arrange for your own cake and ice cream this year, but I’ll bring some of my most treasured songs and my beloved Columbia Neighborhood guitar.

THREE SONGS FOR NOW

Recorded from the middle of the audience at a long-ago birthday concert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=9Lg8xF0rRSY&feature=emb_title

Love/Fl!p 360-671-4511   flip@columbianeighborhood.org

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