Infinite Tenderness – Chapter 7
Chapter 7 of the unpublished novel “Infinite Tenderness” by local author & Rainshadow Journal founding member Mark Clemens. It’s the end of August 2005, and we’re...
Whales, Watching
A little flash fiction for your enjoyment. Flash fiction is a type of prose narrative that takes the form of very brief, self-contained story.
It...
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...
Managing Fishermen, Just for the Halibut
Sometime soon, halibut will return to tables from Port Townsend to Manhattan. It will be excellent fish, pearly white, never frozen, fresh off the...
Infinite Tenderness – Chapter 8
Chapter 8 of the unpublished novel “Infinite Tenderness” by local author & Rainshadow Journal founding member Mark Clemens. Dewey Bassett is just trying to...
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...
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...
Cherishing Our Actual Lives Beneath the Clouds
I lived most of my life in the Southwest, far from the upper left-hand corner of this country. How did I encounter Mike O’Connor...
Peninsula authors finalists for Washington State Book Awards
Washington State has announced the finalists for the best books of 2021 written by Washington authors. Port Townsend author JoAnne Tompkins is a finalist...
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Beach Eggs – Part 2
PART 2
TOP: Frilled Dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa)
This second in a four-part series on beach eggs will look at some unusual marine snail eggs, starting with...
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...
Recipes From the 1950s: Passive-Aggressive Casseroles
The Deranged Gourmet, Part 2
Food prices are nuts, amirite? They're are so high that when you buy a popsicle you have to pay extra...
PT & ME: A LOVE LETTER
Dearest Port Townsend,
In this time of pandemic, and the first cancellation of the Wooden Boat Festival in 44 years, I’m in mourning. An...
Discovering Diptera
I find it refreshing to take my time to slow down in a garden, meadow, or forest. Then I can watch closely for birds...
