Pat Neal

PAT NEAL COLUMN: Winter forecast

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

PAT NEAL COLUMN: A fitting memorial for Ted Woods

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

PAT NEAL COLUMN: Those giant squid and their predators

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

PAT NEAL: For him, the plunking bell tolls

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

PAT NEAL COLUMN: Gather ye ’round for the tale of the Gertie

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

PAT NEAL: Portrait of the artist as an exhibitor

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 PAT NEAL COLUMN: Dangerous waters

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

THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: Kin keep coming west till they reach Peninsula

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

THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: Sincerest form of flattery OK by him

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

THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: Looking back at his lavender daze

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

THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: How much wood does a man need?

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

THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: What do we tell the ‘Twilight’ fans about Sasquatch?

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

THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: Bucky the Elk, we hardly knew ye

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

How I found my blackberry heaven

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