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,...
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...
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...
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...
Birding in a time of plague
By Stephen Grace
A few days ago I saw a Townsend’s solitaire on a bluff above Discovery Bay. I had...
Feeding people, saving farms
By Barry Mitzman
Anyone on the Olympic Peninsula who eats—or who’s concerned about the safety and reliability of the...
One Man’s Island
One Man’s Island Refuge
By Ross Anderson
When the governor issued his unprecedented “stay in place”...
Savoring The Covid Silence
by Karen L. Sullivan
Once, deep in an Alaskan winter in the abyss of a post-divorce-induced depression, I spent...
PT Joblessness: Worst Since the 1930s
How bad is the economic impact of the Covid-19 shutdown in Jefferson County? Initial numbers are trickling in, and they...
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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,...
From Lupine to Chinooks, the Elwha Pulses
By Jessica Plumb
Feature photo of Glines Canyon Dam reservoir by Jessica Plumb
In September 2011,...
50 Years of Sawdust and Varnish
Port Townsend's Marine Trades
By Ernie Baird with an introduction by Ross Anderson. Photos by Joel Rogers.
On the hard: Chichagof
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
The Power Scow Chichagof.
Chichagof is...
On the Hard: Sea Lass
Requiem for a Brown Owl
By Joel Rogers and Peter Bruckner
