Read any good books lately? Daughter of the Olympic Wilderness: The Life and Times of Pansy Martin Snell (Poseidon Peak Publishing, 2023) is the latest… Continue reading
Profiling and stereotyping have no place in a Wilderness Gossip Column. In last week’s episode, it was mistakenly mentioned that deer hunters have more excuses… Continue reading
I spent all last summer cursing the day deer were invented for what they did to my garden. Herds of worthless deer ate my garden… Continue reading
In last week’s episode, we examined the very real possibility of mushroom hunters getting lost in the woods. It happens every year, but it doesn’t… Continue reading
A REAL WOODSMAN doesn’t need a weatherman to know if it is going to rain. Often, by observing the formation of clouds and direction of… Continue reading
THE SIGNS OF the season are certain. There is fresh snow on Mount Olympus. The vine maples are red. The maples are yellow. The old… Continue reading
THIS MUST BE the most beautiful fall weather we’ve seen in years. But I’m not one to sit around and admire the view when there’s… Continue reading
Biden impeachment I recently wrote our U.S. Representative, Derek Kilmer, to ask him to be nonpartisan enough to vote to impeach President Biden if and… Continue reading
THE DECLINES OF SALMON runs, as highlighted in Peter Segall’s Sept. 2 front-page article, are a bitter pill to swallow for those of us who… Continue reading
Back on this day, Sept. 20, 1890, Private Harry Fisher, a member of Lt. Joseph P. O’Neil’s U.S. Army expedition who had been sent to… Continue reading
By now, I think we’ve all had it up to here with our seasonal visitors and their in-your-face attitude every time we step outside to… Continue reading
Sound of freedom “Judge: Growler Flights Continue.” Which came first, practice flights or the population density of the northeast Olympic Peninsula? What are people thinking… Continue reading
Elegant column Although I am pro-choice, I wholeheartedly applaud the recent elegant column on abortion by Mona Charen (PDN, Sept. 1), which should be required… Continue reading
Mail delivery The mail delivery along U.S. Highway 101 is the worst that I’ve seen in 60 years. Over the years we have had some… Continue reading
Not dead yet I read Mona Charen’s column regarding President Biden’s age (PDN, Aug. 18.) She was responding to the concern of many that he… Continue reading
No masks As a preemptive strike against the inevitable, I encourage all Clallam County citizens to refuse to wear masks when they are mandated by… Continue reading
FORTY-NINE YEARS ago, I was born at what was then called Olympic Memorial Hospital. Over the years, members of my family and I received good,… Continue reading
when the rain and wind wash the dust away and the air smells fresh and clear.… Continue reading
BACK TO SCHOOL. I wonder if any if any three words in the English language can shoot such a bolt of stark terror into my… Continue reading
It was another tough week in the news. A 57-year-old female orca who had lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium since 1970 died last… Continue reading
