Spider Sticks
A spider stick is any handy light branch or stem which you have stripped of its leaves and twigs, cut to three feet or...
Staying ahead of myself
it is now mid-spring and I am in a familiar dilemma: staying ahead of myself. Gardening is a reciprocal relationship, I do...
The Long Long, Grey Grey, Cold Cold Winter of 2021-22
Rainshadow contributor Ann Candioto relishes in the end of winter and the start of gardening season.
Lately I’ve been thinking about a T-shirt, grey of...
The Philosophical Gardener: Seasonality
We have had a rather dark and stormy autumn here in the rainshadow; a good deal of the autumn color has been torn from...
The Philosophical Gardener: Boolbs?
Beverley Nichols, born 1898, was a reporter and author, in a variety of genres, in post WWII, mid-century Britain. He was something of a...
The Philosophical Gardener: Salad Days
References to one’s “salad days,” it seems, began with Shakespeare when he wrote it in a line for Cleopatra who...
Philosophical Gardener: Poseurs
Yes, one sees them now in supermarkets, bright red, big-bosomed fruits piled high in plastic boxes luring us to a summer fantasy...
The Philosophical Gardener: Peas
“The enemies of peas are few in number, but great in power. Chopped gorse sown with
the seed will prevent the ravages of mice,...
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The lost commencement address by Tom Robbins
Photo of Tom Robbins by Dan Wallen. Used with permission of University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections MPH1272
When I was the editor of the...
Spider Sticks
A spider stick is any handy light branch or stem which you have stripped of its leaves and twigs, cut to three feet or...
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...
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...
On the hard: Chichagof
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
The Power Scow Chichagof.
Chichagof is a power scow, a salmon scow, a fish tender. The U.S....
