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...
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...
Kathy Francis: Nothing Matters But the People
By Bob Francis
A disciple told Confucius one day that he was thinking of moving and asked for his advice. The Master said, "Don't choose the...
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...
The Deep Sanity of Living in a Co-Housing Village
By Brad Matsen
In the winter of 2019, my sweetheart and I moved into a fifty-five-and-over co-housing community on the western slope of Morgan...
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...
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Bill Curtsinger’s Voyage: Camera to Coffee
New Photo Exhibit Coming to Grover Gallery
Fifteen years ago, Bill Curtsinger drove a rental car into Port Townsend, hoping to reconnect with an old...
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...
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....
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...
Spiders are Special
Spider Web Colors
Lasers? Northern Lights? Woven belts? No, this is a spider web. Lately I’ve been fascinated with one of the eight-legged arachnids—...
