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FROM A WRITER’S NOTEBOOK: Dancing magic in New Zealand
I’M NOT UNLIKE many professional artists.
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PAT NEAL: For deep snow, tread back in history
THE HISTORY OF the Earth goes back billions of years.
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PAT NEAL: Lions and tigers and log cabins, oh my!
IT WAS A gratifying end to the old year and a hopeful beginning to the new to read…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: World of winter break’s a stage
IF I DON’T time it right, I’ll never get into my own bathroom.
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PAT NEAL: An Olympic Peninsula pioneer’s Christmas
SOMETIMES, WHEN FEELING overwhelmed by the stress of the modern holiday season, I think of a story that…
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PAT NEAL: Harkening back to the Christmas letter
THIS IS A special time of year when the joy and warmth of the holiday season can drive…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Holiday displays light up West End
THE SUN HAS set, darkness has overcome the road.
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PAT NEAL: Defeating Japan in World War II a family fight
“DEC. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy …”
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FROM A WRITER’S NOTEBOOK: Celebrating the season post-election
THIS IS HOW the season finds me: determined, ear-to-ear, not to let November disappointment crush my December spirit.
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Finding light in the gray of La Push
THE WAVES WERE stacked, one upon the other, like fans rushing a concert stage.
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PAT NEAL: The backcountry’s Sasquatch people
THE ANNUAL SASQUATCH Summit at Ocean Shores is always a hoot, and this year was no exception.
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Giving thanks by giving back
FORKS IS A small, rural town, but even still, it’s not every day there are shots fired on…
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PAT NEAL: Luck of the draw in fishing seasons
I DON’T KNOW about you, but I’ve caught the holiday spirit just in time for the most important…
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FROM A WRITER’S NOTEBOOK: A thank-you to students from long ago
HARDLY ANYONE WRITES thank-you notes anymore.
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PAT NEAL: Dam removal a whale of an issue
IT WAS ANOTHER tough day for those of us who love the iconic orca, or killer whale.
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PAT NEAL: Season for stalking wild chanterelle
The wily fungus can make mushroom picking an adventure.
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Forks-area DNR leader steps down
Sue Trettevick retired in June to be more available for her teenage daughters.
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FROM A WRITER’S NOTEBOOK: It’s all about the journey
I have a limited tolerance for generic questions about where I see myself in the future. Life can…
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PAT NEAL: Treat orca in more kingly way
The recent orca deaths beg the question: Is it worth killing killer whales for whatever data the killing…
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PAT NEAL: Fishing’s lean but bird-watching’s keen
The coho seem to be running strong just across that imaginary line that marks the boundary of the…