Hometown Underwear: Quimper Merc Ain’t Hip, But It’s Ours
As Port Townsend began to re-open this month, folks rushed out to the barbers, the bars and restaurants. But maybe not to Quimper Mercantile. ...
Treading Water: PT’s Nonprofits and the Virus
By Ross Anderson
When the state closed down for the pandemic, the staff of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center did what most of us...
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...
Brazilian music in our “little village”
We are republishing this article from last year as we begin the 2024 Centrum Choro workshop.
Some years back a Brazilian musical friend stated "we...
Meltdown at the Park: How the Arts Clashed with History at Fort Worden
Ross Anderson is a founding member of Rainshadow. This story originally ran in Post Alley and the Port Townsend Leader. Ross has allowed...
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...
Tickling Keyboards at Type Townsend
At some point, long before the pandemic, manual typewriters seemed to join rotary telephones, hand-cranked car windows and kerosene lanterns on the scrap heap...
Where’s my Glass of Wine? And What Does Housing Have to Do With It?
I recently went out for dinner with a neighbor, a part-time, mostly-here-in-the-summer- kind of neighbor. He teaches at a university, leads research, and publishes...
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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...
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...
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...
Boys – and Girls – In the Boat
Port Townsend’s Legacy of Wooden Rowing Shells
In 1998 the phone rang at the Cupola House, then home of the Wooden Boat Foundation, and was...
Oystercatchers
The Black Oystercatcher is a spectacular shorebird that lives right here on the shores of the Salish Sea, and all along the West Coast...
