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Denial — declaring something to be untrue. It’s hard to deny one’s age when children muck up fantasy — an eldest child planning his retirement for example, or the youngest …
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By Carole Marshall
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9/11/24
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Weeknight dinners often feel rushed and chaotic, squeezed between work, school activities, and other responsibilities. Can we reinvent dinner into a satisfying experience of connection and wholesome …
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By Sidonie Maroon
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9/11/24
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The extent of reader input at The Leader has been my single biggest surprise. People care what we do here and they don’t mind letting us know what they think. Given the volume it can be …
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By Meredith Jordan
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9/4/24
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Port Townsend High School students spend summer break in different ways. Some use the time to get summer jobs working for local businesses. Others work as counselors at summer camps, do volunteer …
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By Hilina Taylor-Lenz
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9/4/24
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It’s not even Christmas, and scores of Port Townsend lawns are already festooned with decorations. No, not multicolored lights or inflatable reindeer and Grinches.
We’re seeing …
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By Bill Mann
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9/4/24
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So, there is a presidential campaign running for “joy.” It can’t be as important as the oily ducks promoting “dawn.” If you don’t understand it, you need to watch …
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9/4/24
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With its sunset-colored seeds, quill-shaped leaves and silvery trunk, the tree of heaven doesn’t emit a threatening vibe.
But then neither does a tiger. If you knew nothing about tigers …
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By Scott Doggett
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9/4/24
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The most versatile garden plants have something in common: they are easy to grow, can tolerate deer and drought, and offer an array of habitat benefits in all seasons.
Penstemons deliver on all …
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By Barbara Faurot
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8/28/24
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As a lifelong Democrat who’s been picking between the “lesser of two evils” since before I was old enough to vote, this election is the first time I’ve come across a candidate …
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By Lea Folkenhagen
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8/28/24
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Most of what I’d learned about the Port Townsend Film Festival in my few short months here has been about its ongoing programming. Credit for that is due largely to The Leader’s Kirk …
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By Meredith Jordan
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8/28/24
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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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