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Ferns are among the earliest land plants, with the oldest fossils dating back about 375 million years. Today’s ferns — an estimated 12,000 species around the world — link directly …
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Barbara Faurot
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6/17/22
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Ah, yes, back into a routine at the Port Ludlow Community Center, also known as Active Life Physical Therapy.
When one has a regular schedule of appointments for some PT help one can bet …
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Ned Luce
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6/17/22
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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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The last holiday weekend of the summer was pretty nice. The flags were flying, it was the first college football weekend, the Mariners were playing and the Storm was, too. The really good news is the …
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Ned Luce
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9/15/22
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Before returning home to the Olympic Peninsula for the long days of summer, I pause to reflect on my two-month sojourn in the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho.
Just this week, the mercury …
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Gary Eduardo Perless
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7/6/22
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If this office holder were actually running, nobody in this town would catch him.
I ran into trim-looking city manager John Mauro (OK, I was sitting) the other day near City Hall as he was walking …
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Bill Mann
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9/15/22
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As you drive into town, a sign greets you: “Welcome to Port Townsend, a Victorian Seaport & Arts Community.”
It’s a great sign, but the power of that message is more …
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Tess McShane
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7/6/22
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So, is the onset of spring making you antsy to get out of your house after two-plus years of COVID isolation?
Are you new to town and itching to meet some folks? Not busy Sunday, April 16? …
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Judith Alexander
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3/29/23
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Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, LJSA for short, should be …
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7/6/22
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The Jefferson County Department of Community Development would like to notify the public that Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) information, including whether a property is in a Special Flood Hazard …
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Brent Butler
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1/26/23
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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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Whilst in the U.S. Navy a few decades back, I handled many classified documents and one day they made me feel much better.
You see, I was on the USS Belmont, one of those intelligence …
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Ned Luce
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1/26/23
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While summer seems reluctant to arrive on the Quimper Peninsula, the Port Townsend Food Co-op’s wine department is nevertheless primed and ready with a variety of porch pounders to help usher …
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James Robinson
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7/6/22
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Now, when I get together with friends, I can join with the sub-group of folks who have one of those new turbo-powered titanium hips.
Many now have the ceramic-lined socket into which the …
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Ned Luce
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6/3/22
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I read a Page 1 New York Times profile last week about much-missed comic George Carlin. There’s also a new HBO special premiering this weekend about the feisty, often brilliant comedian and …
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Bill Mann
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5/19/22
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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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Wow, I saw a news item last week about 99-year-old Marguerite Koller of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania who met her recently born 100th great-grandchild!
If it were you, I suspect you might not look …
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Ned Luce
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9/1/22
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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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