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    They were tucked in the long, wide desk drawer bound together by a thick elastic band. Leafing through the packet, I discovered 11 years of desktop calendars. Scanning each … more
    You may think we have come quietly to the end of the football season with barely a whimper. The Seahawks did not make the playoffs. The Huskies earned a trip to the college … more
    Four years had passed since I’d lost Casey, and before him there was Sunny, the sweetest guy ever. I also welcomed Sunny’s brother, Jesse, a wonderful rascal. All … more
    A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure and label. A number can provide context, meaning, and understanding. Numbers can provide useful information beyond … more
“Life offers more to those who say yes.” This advice from a good friend made 2023 an incredible year. It brought me to The Leader last October. It sent me to Denmark or two weeks … more
The year 2024 has begun. How are you feeling about that? When, in late 2023, I asked some neighbors about what was to come, they cited the presidential election as they expressed fear, dread, … more
This is a puzzlement for many of us. And sometimes a befuddlement. I speak here of a fairly recent and positive development in the newspaper biz: the New York Times’ growing stable of … more
   Off and running! We have a new year and we now can put so much stuff into the bin of needing to be forgotten. There was the almost-in-the-playoffs Seattle Mariners. It seems like … more
As a fan of TV reruns, I admit my favorite is “The Andy Griffith Show.” I remember the Mayberry days; glad to have grown up in the 1950s, a sweeter, simpler time that my grandkids and … more
We face a world that is changing, for some too fast and others not fast enough. We are not prepared, though many in our Liberal corner of our Liberal state on the far edge of America believe we are … more
We’ve had several tough discussions over the last week having to do with words. What we name things locates them in our view of the world. We act as if words have existence of their own. … more
Sometimes I can still hear her. “Hurry up and clean your plate. Hurry up and get ready for school. Don’t be late for the dentist. Hurry up with your homework.” Grandma Nana was … more
In predawn dark two days before Thanksgiving the streets are silent, cold rain isn’t set to arrive until this afternoon, the old boiler below sends warmth clicking and burbling through pipes … more
Another birthday! It was a big one! Not about to publicize my age but will say my grandkids are getting mighty old. On this momentous occasion I received congrats and love from my kids, had … more
According to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center at Iowa State University, we Americans eat 2.3 pounds of cranberries every year, 20 percent or 80 million pounds of them this week! There are … more
The situation in Gaza grows more horrible each hour. On the day I write this, the heads of United Nations agencies involved with humanitarian relief told the U.N. General Assembly that an … more
Re:  Port Townsend Prepares for climate change threat (Nov. 8, 2023)   The United States has per capita GHG emissions of about 18 metric tons of CO2 equivalent each year. As … more
There’s a certain odd balance this fall as the City of Port Townsend seeks to blend a dynamic future with an exceptional past. We have battles over a $38+ million bond for an aquatic … more
The door opened quietly. She entered slowly, reaching a hand down to the burlap bag hanging from a piece of clothesline pulled taut across her torso. Bending toward the brown sack, a long gray braid … more
Life presents so many opportunities for us to endure and manage personal and public change, and it seems as if this time of year holds most of them. The weather changes as it becomes gray and … more
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