Gloria

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In 1971 I was nineteen years old and had been married for two years already to a man I could best describe as a...

Standing Rock: Foreshadowing Minneapolis?

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On the day after Trump was first elected president in November 2016, I left home to drive the 1400 miles to the Standing Rock...

The Mis- & Un-Adventures of my So-Called Adventurous Life

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Staying calm around bears & capsizing kayaks near Port Nellie Juan We were anchored in a long narrow inlet yesterday. The morning was cloudy and wet,...

The Green Duesenberg

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In my family albums there is a photo of a smiling older woman standing next to one of the world's most admired cars of...

The Center of Buoyancy – Book Review

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Long time readers of The Rainshadow Journal will likely remember the wonderful vignettes that Port Townsend's Diana Talley rolled out in the last two...

Crossing Prince William Sound

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We welcome back Corky Parker to Rainshadow Journal after her summer work in Alaska! As Bill, my Captain, and I round the corner, north...

Heaven in St. Joe

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Several summers running Vaughn and Burlused to take Byrd on all-night fishing expeditionsin the old flatbed Ford. They would fish the banksof the Grand...

Twenty-nine years: American decimation of whales and the Makah permitting process

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You may have heard that the US government will now allow the Makah Tribe to hunt whales again. Not quite. The US will now allow the...

Cute and Dangerous: Suburban Deer Hazards are Real

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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...