Opinion
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…
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PAT NEAL: The woodpecker war
IT’S NESTING SEASON in this bird watcher’s paradise we call the Olympic Peninsula.
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PAT NEAL: The all new First Salmon Ceremony
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. A historic event we’ve all been waiting for finally came…
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PAT NEAL: Bigfoot believes in me
A RECENT OPINION poll on the Peninsula Daily News website asked, “Sasquatch: Real or myth?”
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PAT NEAL: It’s May Day
MAY DAY IS much more than just another pagan festival celebrating the return of the sun or a…
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PAT NEAL: Device deprivation disorder
ON SOME OF these clear spring days you just know summer is on the way.
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PAT NEAL: More moratorium mumbo jumbo
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. Despite years of headlines proclaiming the return of the salmon…
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PAT NEAL: It’s time for the best Arbor Day ever
HAPPY ARBOR DAY! Here’s hoping the joy of this most special day fills your heart with love and…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A marmot lover’s dream
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news with rising concerns about economic uncertainty, constitutional crisis and the…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The feast of fools
IT’S ALMOST TIME once again for that favorite holiday of the year, April Fools’ Day.