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...
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...
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 this species in mind because a...
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 local food supply—could stand to gain...
One Man’s Island
One Man’s Island Refuge
By Ross Anderson
When the governor issued his unprecedented “stay in place” order, Marty Bluewater listened and shrugged. OK, he thought. I...
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 an entire Saturday sitting in the...
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 are ugly, indeed.
Thousands of...
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On the Hard: Pelican
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
Pelican: In the World of Wooden Boats
The one-time research vessel Pelican was hauled out at Port Townsend's...
A Winter’s Diary
Dec 31, 2020: It was foggy this morning, and temps have not dipped below freezing in a long time. There was a thick frost...
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...
The 2021 Shipwrights’ Regatta: Maximum Fun
photo above by Joel Rogers
Most Washingtonians recognize that February is a winter month, and that the weather can go from calm to gale-force and...
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