Planting Trees Will Help Reduce Carbon, But You Have To Do It Right
By Dan Chasen. (This article originally appeared in Post Alley). Arbor Day, the nearly-150-year-old holiday on which people plant trees, was earlier this month. ...
Uninsured in Jefferson County
By Barry Mitzman
Obamacare doesn’t get much love from Democratic presidential candidates other than Joe Biden, but new numbers from the Office of Financial Management...
Covid-19 and Campaign ’20: The Good News
The human consequences of the pandemic are grim, and the economic impacts even worse. At some point, however, we may see some benefits from...
Cicero had something to say about today
Port Townsend's long time activist Joe Breskin sent along some interesting thoughts.
If the tin man's goal was simply to destroy the US as...
Senior City: Why Should We Care?
By Ross Anderson
OK boomers. Take a look at what we’ve done to our adopted home.
A generation ago, Port Townsend was a nice, waterfront town...
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...
There’s Blue in Them There Provinces
The following originally appeared in Post Alley.
Question: Which Washington county votes consistently over 70 percent Democrat? A. King County. B. Jefferson County. ...
Return of the Rainshadow
As the year begins, we got together the core group of writers and photographers that helped run this journal through the Covid years and...
Standing Rock: Foreshadowing Minneapolis?
On the day after Trump was first elected president in November 2016, I left home to drive the 1400 miles to the Standing Rock...
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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...
On the hard: Thea Foss
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
Movie Stars, Depth Charges and Tugboat Annie: The Story of the Thea Foss
I still can't think of...
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...
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...
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...
