Voice Of Vashon

At Give Big, the massive, two-day, blunderbuss donating event in May benefiting all the Island non-profits we take the position that pretty much all Islanders are open-hearted folk who willingly support the plethora of organizations that call Vashon home, but with so many of them all clamoring for your dollar at once, it is hard […]

At Give Big, the massive, two-day, blunderbuss donating event in May benefiting all the Island non-profits we take the position that pretty much all Islanders are open-hearted folk who willingly support the plethora of organizations that call Vashon home, but with so many of them all clamoring for your dollar at once, it is hard […]

Hi, it’s me, Jeff Hoyt. You know me, because I’m so often visible in my role of all-purpose emcee for various Island events, shows, games, parties, etc. Sometimes I’m funny, sometimes not so much. But I want to tell you about my newest gig because, well, just because it’s so special. In the first place, […]

Hi, it’s me, Jeff Hoyt. You know me, because I’m so often visible in my role of all-purpose emcee for various Island events, shows, games, parties, etc. Sometimes I’m funny, sometimes not so much. But I want to tell you about my newest gig because, well, just because it’s so special. In the first place, […]

If I just happened to come across a book entitled A Forest of Your Own I would pick that book up and read it because there is something about the title that strikes some shadowy, primeval chord buried deep in my system. A forest of my own. Who wouldn’t want a forest of their own? […]

There’s this film going around – a documentary – a multi-prizewinning documentary – that tells the story of some woebegone, citified aesthetes – folks just like you and me – who, trapped in the subway, perhaps – come to realize how divorced they are from the world around them – the world of dirt. You […]