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Hey, kids. What time is it? A. It’s the time of the year to watch more TV!
How about getting paid to watch TV — in Honolulu, Hawaii? I did that.
I also …
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Bill Mann
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11/23/22
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In my comfy rocker, with a stack of classic Thanksgiving issues of “Saveur” and “Gourmet.” I flipped through glossy pages of perfect pies, when a memory of my 10 fingers …
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11/23/22
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What do libraries, schools, and farms have in common? In Jefferson County, they are all part of the Community Seed Project, working toward a common goal to improve and preserve the genetic diversity …
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11/23/22
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National Public Radio recently aired a story about Seattle runners getting bludgeoned by barred owls in city parks.
Barred owls are territorial and their behavior is temporary while guarding …
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Emma Bolin
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11/23/22
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We had a fast-paced October with Girls’ Night Out and all the haunted fun we could pack into October. Now we are gearing up for holiday happenings.
Our “Ring in the …
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Mari F. Mullen
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11/23/22
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Well, it was an old-fashioned “butt kickin!” It wasn’t a “red tsunami” or a “red wave” even though they may have come to also qualify as unexpected …
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Ned Luce
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11/23/22
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It was late last Friday evening, around 10:15 p.m., when I was pondering the weekly insights into Port Ludlow life I might write in this week’s column.
I could report on the annual …
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Ned Luce
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11/11/22
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Bill’s Electoral Yukfest: The midterm elections are finally over, and in case they didn’t come out the way we wanted, let’s try to lift spirits (or is it Halloween that lifts …
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Bill Mann
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11/11/22
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Fall is here with some welcome cool moisture and lessening daylight.
It also holds fewer “touristas” and lower demand for the ferries, as long as they don’t have a …
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Ned Luce
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10/28/22
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Candy corn, the scourge of Hallowe’en. You either love it or you hate it.
It’s the lima beans of candy — the last thing left in many trick-or-treaters’ bags, and much …
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Bill Mann
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10/26/22
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The Port Townsend Main Street Program has some very special events planned for October.
For many of us, fall is a favorite time of year, with the changing light, historic buildings framed by …
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Mari F. Mullen
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10/26/22
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My kitchen island is an autumnal still life of winter squashes. Arranged in artistic topsy-turvy are pie pumpkins, buttercups, butternuts, acorns, delicatas, and a green-skinned beauty that looks …
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Sidonie Maroon
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10/26/22
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“Plant lavender for luck.” – Alice Hoffman, “Practical Magic”
Lavender offers many gifts to the gardener. It offers fragrant foliage and flowers in shades of purple, …
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Barbara Faurot
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10/26/22
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Destination: McMinnville, Oregon for a Porsche Club event.
We were trying to stay on the roads not named “I-5,” but after enjoying BJ’s professional navigation of the …
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Ned Luce
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10/26/22
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Ah yes, mid-October. Some Halloween displays have been up for at least two weeks. Witches hang from our neighbor’s tree while, nearby, inflatable ghosts look like flattened corpses on lawns …
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Bill Mann
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10/20/22
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A couple years ago, the Incredible Mrs. Cadorette and I decided to go for a hike in the Darrington area. It was a lovely late spring day. The trail, following alongside the Boulder River, was green …
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10/19/22
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On Saturdays, our neighborhood gang would head down to VanWay’s market to buy candy. They’d head for the Gobstoppers and Hot Zotz, but I’d always meander into produce and buy a …
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Sidonie Maroon
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10/12/22
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The week started with a fire drill!
Actually, I did go to a fire drill. A recent meeting with Fire Chief Bret Black resulted in an invitation to go on a “ride along” with a …
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Ned Luce
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10/6/22
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After a friends’ visit several years ago, which included doing the tourist tour to Lake Crescent, and the obligatory hike up to Marymere Falls, plus a day in Port Townsend and the fort, what …
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Ned Luce
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10/3/22
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All the queenly coverage from Britain the past two weeks has brought to mind two semi-encounters with her:
— Did Queen Elizabeth ever get booed? Very rarely, but I was present at one …
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Bill Mann
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10/3/22
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