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...
PT & ME: A LOVE LETTER
Dearest Port Townsend,
In this time of pandemic, and the first cancellation of the Wooden Boat Festival in 44 years, I’m in mourning. An...
Hi Ho Silver’s 240,000 Memories
Last Tuesday I dropped off our 1991 VW Westy, Hi Ho Silver, at Peace Vans in Seattle to put it on their “sell” listing....
Sockeye & Me: Two Journeys Cross Paths
Like so many of our neighbors, I was drawn to Port Townsend by saltwater and sawdust, and by the amazing wooden boats that blend...
The PTeRider Story:
“The town is full of FIPS,” I said when we got to the part in the tour about what kind of people live in...
Bobby Kennedy, Gun Control & Change
Editor's note: This piece came in after the June 6th 50th anniversary of the murder of Robert Kennedy. We struggled with finding a photo...
How I found Port Townsend
By Allison Arthur
Telling stories, changing stories
All I remember is that it was hot and I wanted to get home and off U.S. Highway...
PT & Me: Living the Good Life in a Bubble
Some 40 years before the Pandemic, I climbed aboard my 21-foot wooden sloop in Seattle and groped north up fogbound Puget Sound, headed for...
Garth Hudson’s PT Performance Remembered
Ten years ago this month Port Townsend music fans were all atwitter about an appearance by Garth Hudson, a key member of the revered...
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What Puget Sound Pilots Want You to Know
It may sound counterintuitive, but when a big ship leaves the high seas and enters the restricted waters of Puget Sound, it is entering...
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: 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....
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...
America’s Guidebooks: The Way We Were
Eighty years ago this fall, the state Historical Society published “Washington: A Guide to the Evergreen State.” At 700 pages and some 250,000 words,...
