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After the first night of protests outside last week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a rabbi told the New York Times that the strong police response to demonstrators critical of …
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By Jason Victor Serinus
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8/28/24
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The process of moving through life is a journey of planned and unplanned events. Twists and turns along our paths are marked by pleasures and perils, joys and sorrows, ups and downs. Facing illness …
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By Carole Marshall
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8/28/24
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In larger places, journalists talk about businesses and nonprofits (or not-for-profits) as very different things. Indeed, they operate differently, and that’s true even in an era where …
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By Meredith Jordan
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8/21/24
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The undeniable fact about aging is that one accumulates reminders of past stories from celebrations, movies, music, old friends and more. In addition, one develops the ability to enhance the facts of …
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By Ned Luce
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8/21/24
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It may not be the Happiest Place on Earth (that’s Wally World?), but I just visited what’s undoubtedly the Happiest Place in Port Townsend — the Democratic Party campaign outlet …
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By Bill Mann
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8/21/24
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My friend Julie had me over for coffee to brainstorm ideas for school lunches. As a busy mom of three school-aged kids — ages 6, 9, and 12 — she’d fallen into the trap of relying on …
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By Sidonie Maroon
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8/21/24
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The wild bird population in the continental U.S. and Canada declined by almost 30% from 1970 to 2018, according to research published in the September 2019 issue of “Science.”
The …
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By Scott Doggett
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8/21/24
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“Honestly? I wouldn’t want to live next door to someone who can’t afford a $650,000 house.”
The man in the audience voiced a sentiment likely shared by at least a few …
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By Jamie Maciejewski
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8/21/24
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It was a casual conversation over lunch with the girls. We were catching up on the latest chatter. A bear was sighted on a popular hiking trail. Who’s shopped in the new store in town? Do we …
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Carole Marshall
AGING IN
GOOD SPIRITS
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8/14/24
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One of my deepest immersions in joy that I imagine to be similar to what Black people felt during the election of President Barack Obama occurred on Aug. 6, when Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Jason Serinus
As I SEE IT
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8/14/24
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It's rare that I give a film a second chance to win me over, but with writer-director Osgood Perkins' "Longlegs," I'm glad I did, in spite of my harboring some lingering issues with it.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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8/14/24
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What possessed me to plant nine summer squashes for two people? Maybe I can’t resist variety, or more likely I planted an entire flat of jade, golden and emerald zucchini and couldn’t …
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Sidonie Maroon
Kitchen to kitchen
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8/7/24
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What began as a successful experiment last year has become an annual tradition this year, as the Port Townsend Film Festival’s free “Backyard Movies at the …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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8/7/24
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Occasionally an interview is so compelling it’s better published as is. My recent Q&A with Jim Watson, a raptor research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, is a …
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8/7/24
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Washington State Ferries’ rash of canceled sailings, inconsistent schedules and recurring breakdowns are all driven by a glaring lack of competitive pay for its engine staff, which include …
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Nick Twietmeyer
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8/7/24
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I would have wanted to go to the first annual Jefferson County Airport Day even if there wasn’t a chance at flying in a 1944 Stinson used in World War II.
The inaugural event, …
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Meredith Jordan
MIXING METAPHORS &
DOUBLING ENTENDRES
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8/7/24
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There are so many ways to listen to music to soothe your soul. And there are almost as many places to eat and soothe your tummy. But if you really want to participate in the scene there are also …
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Ned Luce
Life in Ludlow
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8/7/24
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I’ve walked away from not one but two plane crashes although I was the pilot in only one. The crashes come back like a bad dream every time I drive past Jefferson County International Airport.
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Bill mann
man overboard
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8/7/24
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Did you, too, resist the temptation to cheer or dance in the streets when Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed VP Kamala Harris as his replacement?
Or did you throw all …
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JASON VICTOR SERINUS AS I SEE IT
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7/31/24
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The conversation with my creative but skeptical friend brought back memories. She had written a great story but was hesitant to shop it around to editors. “Maybe I should take a few writing …
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Carole MarshAll
AGING IN
GOOD SPIRITS
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7/31/24
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