AUTUMN MUST BE my favorite time of year. Already there was a dusting of fresh snow on the Olympics that always looks so beautiful above… Continue reading
THERE WERE GIANTS in the land. It's been my privilege to know some of them. Although Ted Woods was a short and wiry guy, his… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. An invasion of giant Humboldt squid in the western Strait of Juan de Fuca has fisheries experts… Continue reading
MAYBE IT'S JUST a local legend that the nicest weather of the year seems to occur after school starts and the tourists have gone home.… Continue reading
THERE ARE FEW things I enjoy more than gazing at the graceful lines of a wooden boat. Once upon a time, to prove my love… Continue reading
THIS IS ABOUT me, as an artist. As a youth I was impressed with the linear geometry of vertical cedar posts connected with parallel strands… Continue reading
THE APPARENT LOSS of two fishermen in the Strait of Juan de Fuca last weekend reminds us all just how dangerous these waters really are.… Continue reading
THERE WERE GIANTS in the land. I always thought my uncle, Len Neal, was about 10 feet tall. That's why I went to the family… Continue reading
FOUR SCORE AND many moons ago, I set out to boldly write where no columnist has gone before, to seek out strange new stories --… Continue reading
IT'S TIME ONCE again for the annual Sequim Lavender Festival. It is only now -- after that the statute of limitations thing wore off --… Continue reading
A MAN AND his wife lived on a small farm in the backwoods of the North Olympic Peninsula. If you were to ask what they… Continue reading
TWILIGHTERS ARE TRAVELING to Forks from all over the world hoping to meet a vampire or a werewolf. They can get pretty upset if they… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, when all the chickens came home to roost, so I may as well start this week by… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- I thought I had died and gone to heaven. That's because I was in blackberry heaven. It was like a dream and a… Continue reading