On the Couch: “The Wild” makes the plight of the environment deeply personal
Environmental causes have tended to be a tough sell to the public because our empathy extends more easily to stories to which human faces...
On the Couch: “Rebuilding Paradise”
The hard-fought recovery of a small town devastated by 2018 wildfire.
On the Couch: “Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine,” and supporting the Rose...
“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long … and you have burned so very, very brightly.”
Much like the publication it...
Playground – A movie masterpiece on many levels
The Belgian movie "Playground" (originally titled 'A World'), is a modern masterpiece of filmmaking on a variety of levels. It is not only a...
Review: Telémachus by Michael Daley
Port Townsend readers may find this emotionally gripping novel by former Port Townsend writer, Michael Daley, hauntingly familiar. Telémachus is a timeless dream of a book that takes place in a...
Epicuriosity: Rainshadow Restaurant Review
A common conversation amongst Jefferson County residents is about food: restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops; old standbys, newly opened, recently closed, newly re-opened. This semi-regular...
Epicurious Dining: Rainshadow Restaurant Review – Admiralty Fine Foods
A common conversation amongst Jefferson County residents is about food: restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops; old standbys, newly opened, recently closed, newly re-opened. This semi-regular...
The Grand Promise – Fiction from Rebekah Anderson
The debut novel from local author Rebekah Anderson is an ambitious piece of fiction about the building of Grand Coulee dam and its impact...
On the Couch: “The Grey Fox” returns
Editor's note: This week, we start running movie reviews by local reviewer, Kirk Boxleitner. Kirk was a reviewer for the Port Townsend Leader for...
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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...
Going nuclear: The high school mascot of mass destruction
Editor's note: With the launch of Oppenheimer, we are once again reminded of the legacy of the atomic bomb, and of the people and...
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...
PT & Me: Living the Good Life in a Bubble
Some 40 years before the Pandemic, I climbed aboard my 21-foot wooden sloop in Seattle and groped north up fogbound Puget Sound, headed for...
Insects on the Peninsula: Part 2
In the second of a three-part series on Olympic Peninsula insects, we’ll look at some flies, a sawfly, a wasp, a few bees, and...
