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PAT NEAL: Stop, drop, cover and hold on
IT’S BEEN ANOTHER tough week in the news.
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PAT NEAL: Anatomy of an orchard
IT WAS DAYLIGHT at the homestead but I was more than a little late for breakfast.
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PAT NEAL: It is never too late to panic
AS A STUDENT of wilderness survival, it has always amazed me how often wilderness survival experts offer the…
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PAT NEAL: Tips on getting lost
IT WAS THAT great American philosopher Daniel Boone who said, “I have never been lost but I was…
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PAT NEAL: Things could be worse
THERE ARE FEW sounds more comforting than the steady drumming of heavy rain on the roof.
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PAT NEAL: Wooden boat worries
IT’S TIME for the 43rd annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.
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PAT NEAL: Backpacking tips
THERE’S NOTHING QUITE like the freedom of the hills, with the mountains spread before you in a scenic…
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PAT NEAL: So sad to see them go
IT’S SAD TO see an old friend go away. It begs the question, if they’re leaving why should…
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PAT NEAL: The tourist’s revenge
IN LAST WEEK’S column, I was making fun of the silly questions that tourists ask.
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PAT NEAL: More frequently asked tourist questions
WHETHER IT’S AN effect of climate change, the economy or the internet it has become apparent that we…
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PAT NEAL: Root hog or die
“ROOT HOG OR die.” If I had a dollar for every time I heard my aunt Stella say…
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PAT NEAL: A berry good time
THIS IS THE season we wait for all year when you can walk into almost any patch of…
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PAT NEAL: ‘Lord of the Flies,’ in a raft
IT WAS WRONG to assert in last week’s column that, “Stereotyping and profiling have no place on a…
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PAT NEAL: Youngsters on the river
THIS IS A magical time of year when you see a lot of youngsters on the river.
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PAT NEAL: Wildlife roulette
THERE’S A CERTAIN tension in the woods these days. The animals are nervous, as if they have something…
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PAT NEAL: The woodpecker war, continued
THEY SAY THERE’S no place like home, that home is where your heart is and every man’s home…