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PAT NEAL: The salad days of summer
THESE ARE THE salad days of summer. When it’s possible to stroll into the garden and pick a…
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PAT NEAL: Helen of Dungeness
SEEN ANY GOOD movies lately? I did. “The Odyssey” is a 3,000-year-old morality play about the enduring themes…
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PAT NEAL: A short history of tourists
FROM THE ACIDIFIED ocean to the melting glaciers, the Olympic Peninsula has always been a tourist magnet.
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PAT NEAL: There ain’t no bugs on me
IT WAS GOING to be one of those summer days I’d remember all winter.
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PAT NEAL: Real questions asked by real tourists
WE’VE ALL HEARD the phrase, “There is no such thing as a stupid question.”
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PAT NEAL: Have a pleasant Fourth
AS WE APPROACH the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States, we do so with a…
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PAT NEAL: Revenge of the fool hen
IT WAS DAYLIGHT in the forest, my favorite time of day. A time to revel in the absolute…
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PAT NEAL: Memories of the last day of school
THE LAST DAY of school. I wonder if any words in the English language could have filled me…
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PAT NEAL: Life on the river
IN LAST WEEK’S episode, we were examining the curious coincidence of an odd little bird, the Swainson’s thrush,…
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PAT NEAL: Answering the call of the Swainson’s thrush
THIS MUST BE my favorite time of year. We’ve emerged from hibernation and all danger of frost has…
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PAT NEAL: The camas is blooming
THE CAMAS IS blooming. This small member of the lily family, with a blue, hyacinth-shaped flower and an…
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PAT NEAL: Peninsula backpacking basics
IT WAS ONE of those days I waited for all winter. There was not a cloud in the…
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PAT NEAL: The First Salmon Ceremony
THESE ARE THE days we’ve waited for all winter. When it’s possible to sit outside without frostbite or…
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PAT NEAL: A historic cruise to Hawaii
HOW ABOUT A cruise to Hawaii? They say cruising isn’t just a vacation, it’s an experience of floating…
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PAT NEAL: May Day for the Shingle Weavers
MAY DAY IS a holiday of ancient origins that has found new meaning in our modern world of…
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PAT NEAL: Fishing without hooks
YOU DON’T HAVE to be crazy to fish in Washington state, but it certainly helps. I should know.
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PAT NEAL: You don’t conquer a mountain
THERE WERE GIANTS in the land. We lost one last week when Jim Whittaker passed away at
age…
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PAT NEAL: Save our campgrounds
THESE ARE THE mornings we’ve waited for all winter. When the Olympic Mountains stand up so tall in…
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PAT NEAL: Celebrating April Fool’s in style
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY must be my favorite holiday. It’s easy to remember the date. We look forward to…
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PAT NEAL: More research is needed
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, in cooperation with…
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