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...
CENTRUM AT 50: BACH TO THE BLUES AND ALL THAT JAZZ
In the summer of 1984, a shy 19-year-old aspiring jazz pianist from Nanaimo, BC, showed up for Centrum’s weeklong Jazz Port Townsend workshop. A...
R2AK: North by Northwest
This weekend, a hundred or so disgustingly fit sailors and paddlers and rowers will descend on the Port Townsend waterfront for the wildly eccentric...
Hard Aground: Thinking the Unsinkable
Ferry-dependent commuters across Puget Sound shuddered at the images of the venerable superferry Walla Walla, ignominiously grounded on a Bainbridge Island beach over the...
Those Lazy, Crazy, Shipwright Days of Winter
Here’s an idea. Let’s take everyone’s idea of a normal sailboat race and turn it on its head. First thing we’ll do is have...
Our Census Selfie: PT by the Numbers
The 2020 Census numbers are collated and crunched and – guess what? – Port Townsend is still old and getting older.
If there was such...
Meltdown at the Park: How the Arts Clashed with History at Fort Worden
Ross Anderson is a founding member of Rainshadow. This story originally ran in Post Alley and the Port Townsend Leader. Ross has allowed...
We Regret the Error: 100 Years of Editorial Blindness
The following story first appeared in Post Alley.
Last weekend, the Seattle Times issued a highly unusual mea culpa, revisiting and apologizing for its 1942...
US (Finally) Opens The Doors To Canada, Mexico
The United States will, in November, reopen its borders to Canada and Mexico to fully vaccinated visitors traveling by land or ferry, ending a...
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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...
After hazing and avian flu: Will the last colony of Caspian Terns in the...
The Caspian Tern colony, the one across the bay from the Port Townsend waterfront, was just wiped out by avian flu. Nearly. An overflight...
Port Gamble: The Future of the Past
Port Gamble, the picturesque mill town and popular stopover en route to Seattle is about to experience something it hasn’t in decades: Growth.
And lots...
The Delightful Harbor Seal
One of the delights of my Port Townsend life is watching harbor seals. Looking out at the sea while walking along a beach, I...
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...
