The Insights of Tralfamadorians and Quakers

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Port Townsend author JoAnne Tompkins's novel What Comes After was the winner of the 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize runner up in fiction award...

Infinite Tenderness – Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of the unpublished novel “Infinite Tenderness” by local author & Rainshadow Journal founding member Mark Clemens. Next week we bring you the...

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...

Rule by HOA: The Price of Predictability

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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...

Infinite Tenderness – Mark Clemens

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Rainshadow is proud to present an excerpt from Infinite Tenderness by Port Townsend based Mark Clemens, a novel he wrote that drew on his...

Deep River Road – A Book begins a Journey                                                 

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Words and Photographs by Joel W. Rogers October 17th 2022   Cape Disappointment State Park. Once again, my 1999 Subaru and I are doing what we were...

Crossing the Delaware

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Corky Parker has been living in two worlds for a number of years, between a home in Port Townsend and running the eco-lodge La...

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...

A Christmas Eve Story

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When I was a young girl my father always assisted Santa in the most delightful ways. It was one of his special things that...

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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...

So Long, Pygmy Kayaks

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More than three decades ago, when guys like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were building technology companies that would change the world, another Ivy...

Deep River Road – A Book begins a Journey                                                 

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Words and Photographs by Joel W. Rogers October 17th 2022   Cape Disappointment State Park. Once again, my 1999 Subaru and I are doing what we were...

Beach Eggs – Part 1

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Cover Photo - Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis) In this four-part series we’ll look at some little known wonders of the Salish Sea by examining the...