Pandemic Predictions
More than a year and a half into the pandemic, the transition back to normalcy has been tragically upended by a combination of the...
SuperNatural BC? Do Not Enter
The B.C. provincial government has greeted spring with a stern order to those who would recreate in “Beautiful British Columbia”: Stay home. With a...
Why Covid-19 Vaccine Refusal is Dangerous
A recent Rainshadow article by Peggy Myre featured a photo I took while waiting in the Jefferson Healthcare vaccine automobile line. Within two days...
Love in the Time of Covid
March 15, 2020, message from the Port Townsend School District:
We are looking forward to seeing students at school on Monday so teachers and students can...
The Back of the Herd
Looking through the windshield while waiting in line at the Jefferson Healthcare drive-thru vaccination clinic. (Karen Sullivan photo)
Have you overheard the wafting conversations from...
The Value of Humor in Navigating Dire Straits
Being neither an early bird nor a night owl but more of an exhausted pigeon, I have come to realize that no, we’re not...
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...
Screen Binging? Not Me. No Way
I never thought I could binge out streaming videos, but one rainy day changed that.
I know it's happening out there. Home-bound Americans are camped...
Assessing Science Amid the Pandemic
Science is making a comeback. Putting aside the lazy, if not insulting cliché of scientist as nerd, as if studious curiosity was a character...
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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...
Who the Heck was Juan de Fuca?
The recorded history of the Pacific Northwest begins four-and-a-quarter centuries ago, when two grizzled, gray-haired sailors met up in Renaissance Venice and struck up...
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...
A ticklish subject
I’ve been doing some research on Humor recently. Weighty tomes with nearly incomprehensible charts and graphs and jargon tackle the subject from every conceivable...
Insects on the Peninsula: Part 3
Damselflies, Dragonflies, Beetles and Grasshoppers
In this final photo essay about local insects, we’ll look at Damselflies, Dragonflies, Beetles, and Grasshoppers.
Years ago, as a beginning...
