JoAnne Tompkins
JoAnne Tompkins is the author of WHAT COMES AFTER, the 2022 winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Runner-up in Fiction Award. WHAT COMES AFTER was a NY Times Editorial Board Selection & NY Times Group Text selection in April 2021. It was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her personal essays, short fiction, interview & poetry explore the possibility of finding grace in life's darkest moments & have appeared in print and online journals such as LitHub, Writer in The World and High Country News. She lives in Port Townsend and continues to work as a writer and developmental editor.
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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—...
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...
The lost commencement address by Tom Robbins
Updating this to honor the life and times of Tom Robbins, who walked on today. He lived a remarkable life.This post originally appeared here...
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...
Our Local Baby Birds
Feature photo: Mallard Duckling at Kah Tai Lagoon
All photos by Wendy Feltham.
One of the delights of summer in Port Townsend is noticing baby birds...
