Journey with us now back to a small pre-mall town in northwest Washington state during the era of VCRs, Bush the First, door-to-door salesmen, punk, Goth, and pet ferrets. Enjoy the hijinks as a would-be writer recently arrived from San Francisco learns to navigate small-town streets, customs, sports, Canadian quirks, and the pathways of his heart, transforming from party animal to business owner to home owner to family man. How do you turn a half-baked human into a fully cooked columnist? Begin with...One aging, directionless, carefree ex-hippie from the comfortable confines of California;...