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...
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...
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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: The Lady Washington
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
The Lady Washington, Washington State's Ship
Approaching the Port of Port Townsend's Boat Haven Marina, it was easy...
The Good News: Puget Sound Herring
Spring on Puget Sound is about gardens bursting with tulips and daffodils, white sails set against glistening blue seas, and massive, shimmering schools of...
Hush-hush: Our Biggest Park is a Local Secret
Port Townsend is surrounded by state parks. From Point Hudson, we look into at least five: Fort Worden and Fort Casey to the east,...
Birds on the Beach
Gulls are not the only feathered friends found on our local beaches. Some birds spend most of their time foraging along the beaches, including...
