Joel Connelly
Joel worked for Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to 2020. During that time, he wrote about 9 presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants and six Washington wilderness battles.
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On the hard: Chichagof
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
The Power Scow Chichagof.
Chichagof is a power scow, a salmon scow, a fish tender. The U.S....
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...
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—...
Going nuclear: The high school mascot of mass destruction
Editor's note: With the launch of Oppenheimer, we are once again reminded of the legacy of the atomic bomb, and of the people and...
Brazilian music in our “little village”
We are republishing this article from last year with updates for the 2026 Centrum Choro workshop.
Some years back a Brazilian musical friend stated "we...
