December Story
Every year when Christmas time rolls around, I think about my Aunt Bobbs’ story. This year things are a little different, but it doesn’t...
A Christmas Eve Story
When I was a young girl my father always assisted Santa in the most delightful ways. It was one of his special things that...
Tickling Keyboards at Type Townsend
At some point, long before the pandemic, manual typewriters seemed to join rotary telephones, hand-cranked car windows and kerosene lanterns on the scrap heap...
Rule by HOA: The Price of Predictability
Rule By HOA: The Price of Predictability
A few months ago, Cape George Colony, our private community out on Discovery Bay, seemed on the verge...
The Catacombs
In Paris, there are so many places worth seeing. We’ve seen them on postcards and Facebook posts. But out of all the places I’ve...
The Farm
A new short story just in time for Halloween from Port Townsend author Karen Clemens. Photo by Al Bergstein.
The Farm was built by a...
A Gritty, Poetic Story of Misadventure
"Calypso, Rhyme of the Modern Mariner"
Forty years after the fact, longtime Port Townsend residents Dennis and Pat McGuire are finally telling their story, and...
What I Came Here For
Okay. Whew. This is, indeed the life. And… sigh. The one I was looking for. Breathing into it. Owning the length of time, and...
Three PT Authors Awarded Literary Prizes
Three Port Townsend based authors have received significant recognition for their work.
JoAnne Tompkins has been awarded the 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for...