A TOURIST RECENTLY asked me how and where they could catch and eat a fish. This is a common question that can lead us down… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. A woman fell off the Hurricane Ridge Road and had to be pulled 100 feet up a… Continue reading
IN LAST WEEK’S episode of heroes and villains of the North Olympic Peninsula, Victor Smith, a city father of Port Angeles, hanged in effigy in… Continue reading
IN LAST WEEK’S episode, we were reviewing a number of historic individuals who could be considered heroes or villains depending on your point of view.… Continue reading
ON JULY 3, President Donald Trump proposed a “National Garden of American Heroes.” The proposed national monument would feature the greatest Americans to ever live.… Continue reading
IT WAS THAT great American philosopher Buzz Martin, also known as “The Singing Logger,” who said, “There walks a logger, there walks a man.” I… Continue reading
AT THIS TIME of year, we like to feel proud to be Americans. They say there’s a lot wrong with this country, but compared to… Continue reading
NOTHING SAYS SUMMER like the roar of the lawn mower, the spike in seasonally-adjusted gas prices and the most priceless air pollution I know, the… Continue reading
IT WAS THAT great American philosopher John Wayne who spoke these immortal words, “Never apologize and never explain. It’s a sign of weakness.” That’s from… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. We live in a time when people tend to blame the media for bad news, but all… Continue reading
MAYBE THERE’S NO such thing as the good old days, but then again, disturbing days of the present can make you wonder what time in… Continue reading
THAT WAS THE best Memorial Day ever. We may be under a coronavirus lockdown, but all it really took was a little can’t-do attitude to… Continue reading
Imagine a view from a ridge top high in the mountains. It looks like someplace up the Dungeness, where there’s nothing but bare rock without… Continue reading
JUST WHEN YOU thought things couldn’t get any worse, we got another good reason to stay home, locked in isolation for the foreseeable future. The… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The governor extended the stay-at-home order for another month. It was a tough call, but these are… Continue reading
IT WAS GOING to be one of those days. You know the ones, where you’re just about fed up with everything and everybody and you… Continue reading
IT WAS A day I’ll never forget. I remember it like it was yesterday. Maybe it was yesterday. How would I know? After a month… Continue reading
IT WAS DAYLIGHT in the swamp. I was already late for a very important date. Breakfast with the ladies. They consider breakfast the most important… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. It was revealed that the Oil City Skunk Cabbage Festival scheduled for April 1 was canceled due… Continue reading
Don’t panic, stay calm BY NOW I think we’ve all had it up to here with health experts telling us not to panic over the… Continue reading
