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Each morning at dawn, the gulls of Uptown Port Townsend unleash their raucous alarm, heralding the start of another glorious summer day. I often follow their lead, and start my own day — albeit …
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Gary Eduardo Perless
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9/1/22
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Our California vacation locale is not Anza Borrego Desert State Park, but further north, in the Bay Area, where we lived for 25 years. I’m again getting a crash course (you should pardon the …
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Bill Mann
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2/17/23
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I had a gigantic bag of chia seeds in my fridge because they were an ingredient in my gluten-free pancake mix. My husband regularly ate pancakes for breakfast, with butter and maple syrup, and never …
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Sidonie Maroon
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8/24/22
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Best thing about having kids? Having grandkids.
Our two youngest grandchildren recently visited us here for the first time in three years. With the pandemic now somewhat in abeyance, the …
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Bill Mann
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9/1/22
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You may have predicted I would be crowing about the Kansas City Chiefs victory in the Super Bowl on Sunday and you would not be wrong.
However, the dominant feature of my life the past week …
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Ned Luce
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2/17/23
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On a recent trip outside our idyllic community bubble, I saw our dystopian future: An asphalt ocean surrounding a sprawl of chain stores and homes, all connected by five-lane, stoplight-studded roads …
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Scott Walker
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10/3/22
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There are many leaders dedicated to improving the lives of people here. Two of them are Scott Mauk and Bret Black.
Scott is the superintendent of the Chimacum School District, and leads the …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Comic Strips Live: My morning daily online-news routine goes like this: The New York Times (with Wordle and Spelling Bee) followed by The Guardian, Google News and then … the most satisfying …
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Bill Mann
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5/10/23
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Our last week in New Zealand continued with folks, just like all over the world, claiming the weather is never like this.
They said it was going to rain, and it hardly ever did. Pretty nice.
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Ned Luce
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5/10/23
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Today is the last day of August. Frankly, by a lot of measures, things may be getting better.
On the health front, I graduated from the physical therapy regimen provided by Michael’s …
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Ned Luce
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9/3/22
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On July 16, 1945, the Atomic Age began. And this weekend, a film detailing it, “Oppenheimer,” opens at the Rose.
I’ve taken an interest in the Manhattan Project for years. I …
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Bill Mann
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7/19/23
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I confess, I enjoy washing my car and on occasion I enjoy washing BJ’s car. Last weekend was a great weekend to wash a car, so I did. I started out last Friday afternoon in Port Townsend.
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Ned Luce
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7/19/23
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Years ago, a friend who owned an Italian restaurant taught me how to line baking pans when roasting veggies, and avoid nasty clean ups. I was grateful and bought parchment paper by the rolls. Last …
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Sidonie Maroon
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4/5/23
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