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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...
Recipes From the 1950s: Passive-Aggressive Casseroles
The Deranged Gourmet, Part 2
Food prices are nuts, amirite? They're are so high that when you buy a popsicle you have to pay extra...
Whales, Watching
A little flash fiction for your enjoyment. Flash fiction is a type of prose narrative that takes the form of very brief, self-contained story.
It...
Homeward Through the Haze
And there's so much time to make upEverywhere you turnTime we have wasted on the waySo much water movingUnderneath the bridgeLet the water come...
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....
Ten Things Backpackers Should Know on Their Very First Solo Trip
I’ve done a few more wilderness hikes since this one, but thought I’d make all the mistakes at once, so you don’t have to.
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The Deranged Gourmet, Part 3
Recipes from the 1950s: Dead Things in Aspic
Plants and animals have been getting stuck in amber since the beginning of the Cretaceous Era, and...
The Mis- & Un-Adventures of my So-Called Adventurous Life
Staying calm around bears & capsizing kayaks near Port Nellie Juan
We were anchored in a long narrow inlet yesterday.
The morning was cloudy and wet,...
Paper or Plastic or Cloth? Ask the Experts
The low point of every trip to the supermarket comes when I’m confronted with that deeply religious question: Paper or plastic? I try to...
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What will happen to the “Why” in journalism?
AP moves to replace journalists with "visual" reporting. Why?
The five W’s in journalism every student learns on day one are “Who, what, when, where...
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...
Our Local Baby Birds
Feature photo: Mallard Duckling at Kah Tai Lagoon
All photos by Wendy Feltham.
One of the delights of summer in Port Townsend is noticing baby birds...
A Fairyland of Mosses
In winter when the leaves have fallen and the world is misty and gray, it’s time to embrace the beauty of moss! If you’ve...
The lost commencement address by Tom Robbins
Updating this to honor the life and times of Tom Robbins, who walked on today. He lived a remarkable life.This post originally appeared here...
