Vernita

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Poetry by local writer and poet Mark Clemons   East of Yakima  Flocks of black birds  Wheel above the freeway, Scatter over blood brown Orchards broke by vineyards, Dust green groves of oak  And hills gone mauve with sunset, Their shoulders...

A red cow | the high white hills

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Image generated by Al Bergstein using Microsoft's CoPilot

Villanelle

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In idle moments I am prone To searches labyrinthian; I spend too much time on my phone. Squandered, the minutes I’m alone, In googling facts quotidian. In idle moments,...

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Who the Heck was Juan de Fuca?

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The recorded history of the Pacific Northwest begins four-and-a-quarter centuries ago, when two grizzled, gray-haired sailors met up in Renaissance Venice and struck up...

Bill Curtsinger’s Voyage: Camera to Coffee

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New Photo Exhibit Coming to Grover Gallery Fifteen years ago, Bill Curtsinger drove a rental car into Port Townsend, hoping to reconnect with an old...

Insectivore Birds Part 1

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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...

The lost commencement address by Tom Robbins

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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...

Spiders are Special

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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—...