Standing Rock: Foreshadowing Minneapolis?
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
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
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
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...
Heaven in St. Joe
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...
My Wooden Boat is a House
(from Chapter 14 La Finca, Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island)
In honor of the opening of the Port Townsend Wooden Boat...
Learning to Lie
Three years ago, my lovely man died after many years of living with every possible indignity Alzheimer’s could throw at him. We faced it...
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Our Local Baby Birds
Feature photo: Mallard Duckling at Kah Tai Lagoon
All photos by Wendy Feltham.
One of the delights of summer in Port Townsend is noticing baby birds...
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...
The Deep Sanity of Living in a Co-Housing Village
By Brad Matsen
In the winter of 2019, my sweetheart and I moved into a fifty-five-and-over co-housing community on the western slope of Morgan...
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...
