Corky Parker
Corky Parker is author of the illustrated memoir, La Finca, Love Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island, winner of the 2022 Nancy Pearl Award for Memoir, the International University Press’ Awards for cover and book design and 2023 National Audie nominee for best audiobook memoir. Corky is based in Port Townsend and Marrowstone Island. For more of her writing and adventures check out www.corkyparker.com.
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Spiders are Special
Spider Web Colors
Lasers? Northern Lights? Woven belts? No, this is a spider web. Lately I’ve been fascinated with one of the eight-legged arachnids—...
Birds on the Beach
Gulls are not the only feathered friends found on our local beaches. Some birds spend most of their time foraging along the beaches, including...
River Otters
Was that a sea otter or a river otter you just saw swimming offshore? People often think they see sea otters foraging on our...
Insectivore Birds Part 1
I love the diversity of Pacific Northwest birds and insects. This is a two-part photo essay about both— Insectivore Birds. (Of course, the lovely...
Port Townsend’s Red-footed Booby: A messenger from the future
A little after noon on July 31, 2024, Colleen Farrell, biologist aboard a Puget Sound Express vessel, identified a Red-footed Booby sitting on a...
