The Crab Cracker of Camano Island

The Crab Cracker is a delightful publication that comes out twice each month.  We folks up here look forward to reading each issue to discover the island activities, to learn about some of our fellow islanders, and read short stories about humorous adventures of the area, note the ads of the good people who make it possible, and view art work by islanders.   It's sort of a literary digest for gentle folks who inhabit the woods and bluffs of Camano Island.

Well, here it is, Sunday evening, Nairy and I have  just finished watching 60 Minutes, Thumper has just completed her paw licking for the moment, and I decide to check my e-mail. Well...  Goodness!  and other words that one uses at such times... there it is, an e-mail from Jim Shipley, the publisher of the Crab Cracker, telling me that my little painting "White Elephant playing in a Field with Snow Geese" and my story about how white elephants can be observed playing in fields with migrating snow geese about this time of the year is going to be on the cover at the end of this month.  

Granted, it's not like being on the cover of the Rolling Stone, however, I'd rather have folks read one of my stories in the Crab Cracker than in one of those publications one sees at the checkout counter of the grocery stores.

Keep coming back to this blog... I'll post a photo as soon as I get a copy.