Don't go away, folks

And all that he could see,
And all that he could see,
Was the other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see.

Our abject apologies to our readers. The Northwest Corner will not be found on your favorite news stands for the next three weeks or so. We have no rational excuse for this temporary shut-down, other than the fact that our Publisher has once more been seized with the compulsion to go over the mountain, to see what he can see. This happens on occasion. He returns to Seattle each time with noticeably fewer brain cells -- the result of totally predictable hypoxia.

Nevertheless we wish him well, and we look forward to rejoining Time, Newsweek, and National Enquirer in late October as a premier source of the nation's news and commentary.