Learning to Lie

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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...

My Wooden Boat is a House

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 (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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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Our Local Baby Birds

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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...

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...

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...

Insects on the Peninsula: Part 2

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In the second of a three-part series on Olympic Peninsula insects, we’ll look at some flies, a sawfly, a wasp, a few bees, and...

Bill Curtsinger’s Voyage: Camera to Coffee

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New Photo Exhibit Coming to Grover Gallery Fifteen years ago, Bill Curtsinger drove a rental car into Port Townsend, hoping to reconnect with an old...