Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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The Port Townsend Main Street Program staff and volunteers have been running fast this summer. The flower baskets are blooming beautifully downtown and Uptown. There is pent up demand for things to …
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Mari F. Mullen
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8/24/22
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I am lucky. In addition, the weather was nice for the past week.
For last Thursday’s program at Rotary we heard presentations from Ava Gardner-Mifsud and Akira Anderson. They are two …
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Ned Luce
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8/24/22
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In the August 2022 City of Port Townsend newsletter, City Manager John Mauro pointed out the importance of explaining acronyms.
In that spirit, I would like to bring up a problematic acronym that …
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The Apiaceae, or carrot family, features root crops like carrots and parsnips, culinary herbs like dill, fennel, and parsley, and beneficial natives like biscuitroot and yarrow. But it also includes …
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Barbara Faurot
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8/17/22
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Friends, the options for participating are exceeding any reasonable ability to participate. Last week was full of those options for us.
The so called “Opportunity Fair” was a …
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Ned Luce
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8/17/22
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Military memories of an Army brat: That short Leader news item and photo recently about plans to restore the tiny gas station at Fort Worden grabbed me.
That’s because it looks like an …
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Bill Mann
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8/10/22
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What’s a vegetable caviar?
It’s a dish made from finely chopped vegetables. A chunky, flavorful, roasted vegetable spread, that’s perfect for toast or with chips, on meats …
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Sidonie Maroon
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8/10/22
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I thought the town was empty except for the tourists. The locals wanted to stay home to handle the heat. How wrong could that be?
A lot.
Brian Belmont thinks there may have been …
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Ned Luce
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8/4/22
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Dawn comes early, even now, a full month after Solstice.
I roll out of bed at 4:45 a.m. — wakened by the gulls’ squawking outside my window — in order to get down to Point …
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Gary Eduardo Perless
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8/3/22
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As a rural community, our ability to respond to emergencies and recover from disaster is dependent on the networks and relationships we build in advance. Knowing where and how to connect to …
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8/1/22
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We have now embarked into the era of carefully escaping from the doldrums and frustrations of the pandemic.
People, including BJ and I, seem to be getting out and enjoying the activities …
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Ned Luce
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8/1/22
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Funny books and reading matter are my perennial favorites. Especially good writers like Joe Queenan, P.J. O’Rourke, and Christopher Buckley.
I’m always looking for funny reading, …
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Bill Mann
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7/28/22
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Early last week I thought the only “Fortress of the Bear” was a bear rescue center in Sitka, Alaska.
It currently houses several bears, mostly rescued as cubs from situations where …
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Ned Luce
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7/21/22
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This afternoon, I harvested two varieties of kale — Mars Landing, a wonderful bronzy purple with light green undersides and smooth leaves, which I haven’t cooked with yet, and one of my …
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Sidonie Maroon
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7/21/22
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On June 1, 91 people across Jefferson County participated in the first community-wide Car Free Day by using less car-dependent ways to get to school, work, or to run errands, and overall 1,195 miles …
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You feel it, don’t you. The weather is better and family is coming to visit.
Last week was full of our daughter and her family in town. We have no shame in getting them to do some things …
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Ned Luce
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7/14/22
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A few oddments left out of our regular police and sheriff’s calls:
— PT police were asked by a well-known, local, psychic exile where he could buy an air freshener for his …
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Bill Mann
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7/14/22
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“Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.” – Louisa May Alcott
The first roses appeared on earth about 35 million years ago, originating in Asia and …
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Barbara Faurot
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7/13/22
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I know summer’s here when I hear our red-and-white ice-o-matic cranking, and three horn blasts from the SodaStream filling a liter of carbonated water. We’re both devoted to homemade …
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Sidonie Maroon
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7/13/22
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It was Independence Day and I had hoped for lots of flags and fireworks.
There were lots of flags but maybe fewer fireworks since it was damp and the local stand pulled out.
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Ned Luce
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7/6/22
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