Pleasant Harbor opponents ask for investigation into sales activities
Since 2006 a Master Planned Residential Resort (MPR) has been in the planning stage by the Canadian Stateman Group, on what is known as...
Becoming a Citizen Scientist
Citizen scientists brave a hailstorm. Photo by Wendy Feltham.
After a career as an elementary school principal, I moved to Port Townsend and surprised myself...
The Loudest Jets in the Quietest Park
In the summer of 2014, the U.S. Navy established an Electronic Warfare Range on large swathes of Washington's Olympic National Forest and in airspace...
The View From Blyn Lookout
A couple of months ago my husband, Bruce, and I bought a new-to-us camper, the cabover style, from some folks out near Lake...
Housing: Here’s Something We Can Do
What if we told you that we can’t solve the homeless crisis by building houses? That’s a pretty counterintuitive statement, especially coming from an...
The Trail: Do We Know the Way to Discovery Bay?
Every ride or hike on the Larry Scott Trail is an exhilarating jaunt leading to disappointment. We revel in the views across Townsend Bay,...
Akeyla’s Excellent Adventure: Let’s Finish!
Sixty miles into the Seventy-48 race, Akeyla Behrenfeld decided she was done. The 14-year-old Port Townsend middle schooler had rowed her home-built, wooden boat...
Solar Under the Rain Shadow
At 6 am this morning, our home was using two-tenths of a kilowatt/hour (KWh) of electricity from the regional power grid – just enough...
One Small Fire, Thousands of Seabirds
This summer, as in countless summers past, Protection Island became a colossal daycare center for tens of thousands of seabirds.
Glaucous winged gulls laid their...
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So Long, Pygmy Kayaks
More than three decades ago, when guys like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were building technology companies that would change the world, another Ivy...
George Vancouver and the Puget Sound Map
On a foggy spring morning in May, 1792, 231 years ago this week, a sea-weary group of British sailors made their way out of...
Fort Núñez Gaona
In 1792, Spanish colonists, led by Lt. Sálvador Fidalgo, constructed Fort Núñez Gaona on the shore of Neah Bay. Named after Admiral Manuel Núñez...
The Delightful Harbor Seal
One of the delights of my Port Townsend life is watching harbor seals. Looking out at the sea while walking along a beach, I...
Insects on the Peninsula
Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars
We are fortunate to live on the Olympic Peninsula for so many reasons. One that doesn’t get enough attention is that...
