It’s Easy Being Green — Even After Death
Leslie Jocelyn Aickin 1947 ~ 20?? “She loved the Earth, and now the earth is loving her right back.”
Feature photo...
Wanda Fuca: Of Votes and Potatoes
by Wanda Fuca
Election season is here, and just like clockwork, so is the best entertainment. If campaigns were awarded Emmys, ours would go to...
Senior City: How Old Are We?
By Dan Klepinger and Ross Anderson.
You’ve probably noticed that Port Townsend and Jefferson County are old. But numbers don't tell the whole story.
How...
Porgy and Bess now
Don White was on KPTZ last week hosting his “Broadway Showtime” program and talking about the musical Porgy and Bess, the 1959 film version....
There is a road
There is a road I drive
many evenings
between a friend's house and mine
To the west
a jagged line of firs
black against the evening sky.
The sky, deep...
Roundabout
By Wanda Fuca
Roundabout is our inaugural items column, an ongoing collection of local observations and anecdotes that seem worth sharing. The idea is to...
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...
Closer to South
By Bob Francis (map looking due north of Port Townsendby Google Earth)
I moved, he moved. I stopped, he stopped, and his motorcycle fell...
Welcome to The Rainshadow Journal!
Rainshadow Journal is a website of news, commentary and photography produced by a collective of retired journalists and co-conspirators, most of us in Port...
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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...
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...
Fort Núñez Gaona
In 1792, Spanish colonists, led by Lt. Sálvador Fidalgo, constructed Fort Núñez Gaona on the shore of Neah Bay. Named after Admiral Manuel Núñez...
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...
Homelessness: What you see isn’t what you get
Dan looked like an Army sergeant. Denise looked like a Vogue model.
If you had crossed paths with them in downtown Port Townsend in the...
