“On a rainy Monday in November, I looked out the picture window of our suburban Seattle home and – through the mishmash of power lines and poles – counted 52 rooftops of varying style, shape and color lining the hillside. Somewhere within the framework of that moment I began to formulate a plan of action. I desperately needed to change not just the view but the viewpoint of the person looking out….I did the mature thing; I ran away from home.” — from “Escaping the Emerald City”
So begins the journey of Susan Anderson, a Seattle journalist and editor who traded the busy city for the solitude of Orcas Island to live and write about wildlife, community and habitat in the San Juan Islands.
“Away, here” is an inspirational and often humorous reflection of everyday life and drama at the edge of the Salish Sea.
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