Bridge at Fidalgo

My friendship with your sister was very short, but has left me with a special feeling of warmth. Geoff Holmes, another friend Kathy, and I had the privilege of playing bridge with Virginia on Friday afternoons [at Fidalgo Care Center] for several months and I was fond...

Healing Touch and Corgis

I remember celebrating Virginia’s birthday at Odlin Park the year we presented her with her Healing Touch table.  Many Lopezians benefited from her well-trained hands as they dealt with painful body issues.  Her table was perfect for all but two clients named Karma...

Watching classic movies

I knew Virginia (or Ginger as I knew her) starting in 1958 when I became best friends with her sister Ann in 7th grade.  Ginger, being the older sister, didn’t spend much time with us, but my strongest memory is Ginger spending time after school watching Classic...

How I Got to Know Virginia, 1980s

I first got to know Virginia in my early years of chairing the Lopez Island Historical Society Auction in the early 1980s. After years of being a casual, outdoor event at Odlin Park and then at the  new Historical Museum, it had moved to the Legion Hall, which is...

Breakfast Dilemmas – ongoing for years

At breakfast cribbage last Sunday, we were remembering Virginia’s unpredictable choices for her meal.  While the rest of us are VERY consistent, you never knew what she was going to choose.  Sometimes it was a “made up” BLT ( two strips of bacon, two...