With the blustery weather we have been experiencing lately, it seems like either the mildest January or the coldest June we’ve ever had. Rainfall events… Continue reading
when plans for the biggest traffic jam in the history of the Olympic Peninsula were made… Continue reading
League of Women Voters member urges participation
Recently, we described the deterioration of our antique transportation infrastructure on the Olympic Peninsula. State Highway 112 was closed by landslides and there are no… Continue reading
In last week’s episode, we were traveling west on U.S. Highway 101 and had just successfully crossed the Elwha River bridge. This antique structure’s foundation… Continue reading
With the real and present danger of an imminent tourist invasion, it’s time once again for the Olympic Peninsula driving guide. Escaping Pugetopolis, you head… Continue reading
“That was powerful,” Amy McIntyre said as we stood up and walked, on air, out of the auditorium. My feeling exactly. My music-loving friend and… Continue reading
From our majestic melting glaciers to the acidified ocean, and all the scenic splendor in between, this year’s tourist migration seems even heavier than last… Continue reading
In last week’s episode, we discovered the unhappy coincidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition spending a hard winter at Fort Clatsop, surviving on lean… Continue reading
Riding a horse up the side of a mountain isn’t easy. This was the ultimate leg on a multimodal trip to a mythical destination, though,… Continue reading
Spring is a time of spiritual renewal along with Easter, Ramadan and Passover. There is, however, another seasonal ritual that’s older than all these traditions… Continue reading
In last week’s episode, we were exploring a bizarre bit of bureaucratic bungling where the state of Washington demands that we purchase our new fishing… Continue reading
I can barely breathe when I think of it: A husband and wife, not unlike myself and my mate, are bicycling into town for lunch… Continue reading
And so, my favorite holiday, April Fools’ Day, passes astern. Here’s hoping yours was the best ever! Over the years, who could forget the dreadful… Continue reading
SOME NIGHTS, I dream of rivers. Ones I have floated and others that exist only in dreams of a distant past. Last winter was a… Continue reading
It was another tough week in the news. All of the rabid chickens came home to roost. The idle speculation put forth in this column… Continue reading
I look up words all the time as a journalist, and lately, “retire” has been at the top of my list. Lots of 60-something Baby… Continue reading
“Come As You Are,” a novel just unleashed into the world, starts out with two kids baptized by Seattle’s grunge music scene. Author Jennifer Haupt… Continue reading
My life sucks ever since they shut down the fishing season. Without fishing, my life has had no meaning. Each day became a long dreary… Continue reading
It was another tough week in the news with a feeling of history being repeated as Stalin’s “Iron Curtain” morphed into Putin’s pipe dream of… Continue reading
