Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.
Introducing a new travel column for the Mercer Island Reporter by local writer Mindy Stern.
My husband had driven to Eastern Washington earlier in the week to complete a project at our vacation home. Traveling by rail would allow us to return home together in one car.
By Mindy Stern
Nile, the cat featured in the Reporter for retrieving mail, went missing last week in the Mercerwood neighborhood. His owner, Mindy Stern, wrote to the Reporter that Nile was found on Friday, March 30.
When Mindy Stern and her husband returned home from a weekend trip and found a wet envelope on their doorstep, they knew who had left it there: their cat, Nile.
Nile may bring home an occasional mouse or two, as any typical outdoor cat would do, but his most frequent offerings are paper items and litter: a library overdue notice, a business advertisement, a University of Washington parking stub.
Boom. Boom. A few seconds later, a deeper, basso profundo boom, so deep, I felt the ground beneath me belching….