PT Joblessness: Worst Since the 1930s
How bad is the economic impact of the Covid-19 shutdown in Jefferson County? Initial numbers are trickling in, and they are ugly, indeed.
Thousands of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Millions of Birds in Trump’s Crosshairs
By Karen Sullivan
A new interpretation of a century-old law meant to protect birds would not only leave more birds dead, it would also add...
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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...
Spiders are Special
Spider Web Colors
Lasers? Northern Lights? Woven belts? No, this is a spider web. Lately I’ve been fascinated with one of the eight-legged arachnids—...
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...
Cute and Dangerous: Suburban Deer Hazards are Real
by Karen Sullivan
In spring, female deer give birth and anxiously protect their fawns. That gives rise to stories like this: A friend walking her...
Remembering Jerry Gorsline
Just before Jerry Gorsline died he loaned me a book: “Black Brant: Sea Goose of the Pacific Coast.” We had exchanged stories about this...
