Islander Rosalys Peel's book, Mike and Me, is a heartfelt and practical guide for couples choosing to cope with Alzheimers at home instead of in a care facility.

In this podcast, Rosalys talks with family friend and videographer Christopher Davenport about the challenges she and her husband faced during the course of the ten years they lived together after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Listen here as she shares some of the landmarks and pitfalls of their journey, and explains how it was that she and her husband were able to embrace their  travails together and ultimately triumph over this debilitating disease with dignity, grace, and love.

Rosalys will be reading from her book at Liberty Bay Bookstore in Poulsbo on August 5^th at 2 pm. Copies are also available at Eagle Harbor Books.

For more about the book and their story, visit http://www.mikeandmebook.com.

Credits: BCB guest host: Christopher Davenport; audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

Arms Around Bainbridge swimmers will swim 30 miles around Bainbridge again this summer to help support families in financial crisis due to major illness. You can help!

In this podcast, members of Arms Around Bainbridge (AAB), join us on What’s up Bainbridge to talk about their organization and the important work they've been doing since 2007 to help families and individuals in need of assistance. 

Listen here to hear heartening stories of their accomplishments and the background of this inspiring organization: Bainbridge Islanders, working together to assist those in need of support and encouragement. 

To learn more and support this important effort, visit armsaroundbainbridge.org . You'll be glad you did!

Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Bob Ross; publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

It's time again for the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour, that twice-annual free self-guided art show through local community halls and artists' homes and gardens filled with glorious local handcrafted art.

In this podcast, tour manager Dinah Satterwhite fills us in on the history of the tour, the types of merchandise available and how it's chosen, and what it's like for the artists who show their work in these charming venues.

So if you love fine art and crafts, be sure to check out the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour -- and invite your friends along for the ride: it's a wonderful way to entertain those off-island summer guests!

Credits: BCB Host: John Fossett; BCB audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

Artist Dorothy Brown's paintings explore "My Art of Jazz." Experience them at the library during the month of August, and don't miss the opening -- August 3rd at 5:30 pm.

The paintings, created in oils and inspired by the jazz musicianship of Dorothy's husband and son, depict the musicians, dancers, and audiences Dorothy encounters in the world of jazz.

Like jazz, the paintings are improvised, and are meant to capture moments in time rather than exact likenesses of the subjects or their instruments.

So come see the show, and experience this charming tribute to the music and musicians of jazz!

Credits: BCB Host: John Fossett; BCB audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

Photographer Dinah Satterwhite has been running the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour -- coming up this August -- for about 10 years. Listen here as she talks about her work, both as a photographer and a tour organizer.

A Bainbridge resident since 1997, Dinah has been an actual participant in the Studio Tour for over 20 years. With a background in marketing, hi-tech, operations and advertising, she's a perfect match for the organizational demands and marketing challenges of the popular tour.

But Dinah also finds time to teach photography and help other artists get good photos of their work as well as teaching piano and creating her own highly saleable fine art photography. Her work can be found in regional galleries, on stage and film sets, in homes and office settings worldwide, and on her website: dinahsatterwhite.com.

Credits: BCB Host: John Fossett; BCB audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

Curious about bees? Listen here to learn more about these essential creatures from Thor Hanson, biologist and author of BUZZ: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

Bees lie at the heart of the human and natural worlds. In this podcast, and in his book, Thor shares his knowledge about the many varieties of bees -- honeybees, bumblebees and lesser known diggers, miners, leafcutters, masons and others-- and describes how the bee is central both to our harvest and to our landscape.

Listeners will also learn about the four P's that threaten Bees -- Pesticides, Pathogens, Parasites, and Poor nutrition -- and what each of us can do to encourage bee health.

To learn more about bees, be sure to attend his upcoming presentation on BUZZ at Eagle Harbor Books, Friday July 13 at 6:30 pm.

Credits: BCB host Jo Jenkins; BCB audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

"Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast," wrote William Congreve back in 1697. The Agate Pass Threshold Choir honors that sentiment, singing their gentle music to help ease people in difficult transitions. To learn more and hear their songs, listen here.

Part of a larger international organization, the local group, which currently numbers 12 members who rehearse together every Monday evening, sends singers out in pods of two or four to the bedsides of transitioning souls, all free of charge. And in bringing healing to their listeners, their families, and their caregivers, the singers find a peace and joy for themselves as well.

To learn more about the Threshold Choir, visit their website at thresholdchoir.org. And if you think you might be interested, either in singing with the Threshold Choir or in having them sing for someone you know, you can contact them via the website or by emailing Judy Friesem at jfriesem@gmail.com

Credits: BCB host: Diane Walker;  BCB audio tech: Chris Walker; publisher: Diane Walker; social media Jen St. Louis.

Where's Waldo returns to Winslow for his seventh year this July, and anyone can join the fun! Look for the the iconic little guy in the funny red and white hat in 25 different downtown venues, fill out your passport, collect your prizes, and be sure to attend the final celebration at Eagle Harbor Books, July 31st at 11 am!

In this podcast Eagle Harbor Books’ events coordinator and bookseller Victoria Irwin joins BCB host Carolyn Goad to talk about this fun activity inspired by the popular Where’s Waldo books.

It all starts with a passport -- which you can collect at Eagle Harbor Books or any of the 25 participating venues boasting a Waldo sticker on an outside window -- and then the fun begins. Your job is to find the six inch tall cardboard Waldo in at least 10 different places. Each time you find him, store staff will stamp your passport with a a unique stamp.  

After collecting 10 stamps, head to the bookstore to collect a cool button and a coupon for a dollar off on any Waldo book .  The more stamps you accumulate in your passport, the more prizes you get.  The final celebration and prize giveaway will be on July 31st at 11 a.m. in the bookstore.

So put on your Waldo hat, stop by any of the participating venues, and start your Waldo search today!

Credits: BCB host Carolyn Goad; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; publisher: Diane Walker.

Listen here as lifelong Island resident Chuck Callaham shares memories of growing up on Bainbridge, including biking, ice skating, and the early days of the Bainbridge Island Fire Department.

Chuck moved to Bainbridge Island with his family as a young child in the mid-1930s.  He grew up in Winslow and now lives in the Seabold area.  In this 16-minute podcast, excerpted from a one hour and 32 minute interview with BIHM volunteer Tom Arnold, Chuck describes life in Winslow the 1930s and 1940s, including some of his experiences growing up in the town and descriptions of some of the businesses along Winslow Way in that era.

Chuck and his family have a long association with the Bainbridge Island Fire Department going back to the mid-1940s, including his father’s service as the department’s first full-time paid fire chief in the 1960s. He concludes the interview with his early memories of the Bainbridge Island Fire Department from its founding in the early 1940s.

Credits: BIHM host: Tom Arnold; audio tech: Chris Walker; publisher, Diane Walker.