Maritime Voices: New podcast offers local maritime stories
A new local podcast has started by Jim Heumann.  We asked Jim to give us an overview of the podcast and we’ll post notifications...
How to Speak Boat: Lessons for Tourists
Dear Visitor,
Welcome to Port Townsend, where the men are vigorous, the women are smart as hell, and the ferries land hard. The sea runs...
R2AK: North by Northwest
This weekend, a hundred or so disgustingly fit sailors and paddlers and rowers will descend on the Port Townsend waterfront for the wildly eccentric...
Fogknife
One cold February day eons ago I walked into Brion Toss’s rigging shop in Port Townsend. As usual, he was in a jovial mood...
Those Lazy, Crazy, Shipwright Days of Winter
Here’s an idea. Let’s take everyone’s idea of a normal sailboat race and turn it on its head. First thing we’ll do is have...
Sky-Blue
Today we welcome a new voice to Rainshadow Journal, Brooks Townes. Brooks is well known to many. We are immensely happy to have him...
Living by the Wind
Wilderness is a state of mind
Ten years ago, my husband and I sailed our 24-foot boat across the Pacific Ocean from Puget Sound to...
A Gritty, Poetic Story of Misadventure
"Calypso, Rhyme of the Modern Mariner"
Forty years after the fact, longtime Port Townsend residents Dennis and Pat McGuire are finally telling their story, and...
Sorting out the Shakedown
I am in the thick, green, wet and sparkly Maine woods. My writing station set up with tea, breakfast, and Merlin bird app, to...
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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...
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...
On the hard: Thea Foss
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
Movie Stars, Depth Charges and Tugboat Annie: The Story of the Thea Foss
I still can't think of...
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...
