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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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More than 60 years ago, as many are aware, civil rights activists began organizing to desegregate businesses in Birmingham, Alabama. By the spring of 1963, tensions were at a boiling point due to a …
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Susan Beaver Thompson
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1/11/23
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Since ancient times, gardeners have grown vegetables, fruits, and herbs in containers for practical and ornamental purposes. Early terra cotta pots were used to grow crops like pomegranates, fennel, …
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Barbara Faurot
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7/14/23
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Wow, if you were a regular viewer of C-SPAN you had an exciting week with the voting for the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In spite of the incredibly gray weather, I did have …
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Ned Luce
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1/11/23
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You may recall that last week I included in this column the Associated Press article about the woman who fell through the “hole” in the outhouse on the trail at the top of Mount Walker. …
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Ned Luce
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5/13/22
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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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Every year, the Washington Post runs a clever wordplay contest that asks readers to coin new words using existing ones. These are always amusing. Some of my recent favorites:
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Bill Mann
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4/12/23
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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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The kitchen’s filled with the intoxicating odors of mushrooms, ginger, garlic, star anise, coriander, and cinnamon, and it’s coming from the Instant Pot.
Wondering what I’m …
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Sidonie Maroon
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1/9/23
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My daily cooking has a rhythm and flow, meals come together at regular times, there’s lots of variety and delicious seasonal variations of meals.
I cook most everything from scratch, making …
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Sidonie Maroon
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4/20/23
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Car (Radio) Talk: There will be something missing if you buy a new Tesla or Ford or several other electric vehicles: an AM radio.
BMW, Mazda, Volkswagen, Volvo, and others are also removing AM …
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Bill Mann
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5/24/23
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What if you could reduce your carbon footprint and save money at the same time? The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the biggest climate bill in U.S. history, will help many Americans reduce their home …
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Cynthia Bratz
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1/12/23
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You could call it an “education-oriented” week. Kind of.
The scheduled speaker for our weekly East Jefferson Rotary Club meeting was a “no-show” last …
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Ned Luce
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3/22/23
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Fungi are at the heart of life in the garden. They are neither plants nor animals, but they are essential to all plant and animal life.
Fungi were among the first complex, multicellular …
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Barbara Faurot
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3/15/23
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ASB. I am told it stands for “Associated Student Body.”
I suspect it is a current term for what many of us knew as the Student Council in those times affectionately known as the …
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Ned Luce
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3/15/23
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It was a day of stew, chill and damp.
I looked at Irish stews, with St. Patrick’s Day approaching, but I didn’t have mutton or lamb, and a dark beef stew was what I craved. So …
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Sidonie Maroon
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3/22/23
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My license plate says “The Evergreen State,” and that sounds nice and green. But there’s a down side to all these trees, too. They’re impediments to reception.
Guy …
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Bill Mann
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3/15/23
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As Congress and many state legislatures get under way for the year, there are lots of new lawmakers out there starting to learn the ropes. It’s an exhilarating, exhausting time, and …
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Lee Hamilton
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1/12/23
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During the summer season, Kiwi Ferris and his son, Buster, make the morning trek from their cozy beds to the cold and wet boat ramp at the Boat Haven in Port Townsend. They do this without fail, …
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7/26/23
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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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