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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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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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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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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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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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This past Monday, the Board of County Commissioners reviewed the new code regarding “Legal Lots of Record” for Jefferson County that will affect more than 1,900 landowners.
The …
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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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10/3/22
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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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“If a tree dies, plant another in its place.” – Carl Linnaeus
Plants have a predictable life span. Virtually all of a plant’s cells, tissues, and organs age and eventually …
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Barbara Faurot
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9/21/22
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This past weekend was the reunion celebration of a sensitively unnamed number of years since BJ graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
She flew to Indianapolis to join …
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9/21/22
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Port Townsend is a special place. Its residents celebrate their differences. Neighbors support one another. So I was heartbroken to see its streets overrun by members of the Washington State Three …
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