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...
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...
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...
Diana Talley – Shavings in my brassiere #2
ABSENTIA
I left something behind at a fancy hotel... in absentia.
Many years ago an old girlfriend was having a passionate, extremely private affair with a...
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....
The Deranged Gourmet, Part 5 (Last in Series)
Recipes from the 1950s: A Lawless Hellscape
For anyone who can remember the middle years of the last century, this series has been a fond...
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...
Exxon Sues the Climate for Running out of Time
The mega oil corporation ExxonMobil has sued Earth’s climate, saying the planet’s “unnecessary temper tantrums” are scaring Exxon’s investors and interfering with its windfall...
‘Tis the Season for Butterball Hotline Jokes
Did you know that although the Butterball Hotline started out as a stunt, there are 50 operators who’ve been taking calls and soothing panicky...
Trending
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...
