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The bread is modest, but I am not.
Good Bread for Bad Cooks: It’s Not You, It’s Everything You’re Doing
As with most people who are good at eating, I also cook a bit. And like most of those people, there are a few things I cook well, more I do OK, and some I should never try again. more
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Mar 2024 Edition
One and Done for Rep. Spencer Hutchins (26th LD)
Rep. Spencer Hutchins (R-Gig Harbor) announced his decision not to seek a second term serving the 26th LD in the state House of Representatives in a press release Feb. 6. more
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Adison Richards Makes Second Run for State House for the 26th LD
Attorney Adison Richards (D-Bremerton) launched his campaign in December 2023 and began fundraising to win the seat he lost to Rep. Spencer Hutchins (R-Gig Harbor) by less than 1% of the vote. more
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Fun and Games
Grandma got my 8-year-old daughter Violet a checkerboard for Christmas. She was giddy the first time we got it out, enthusiastic right up until the point when I jumped one of her pieces and removed … more
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Down in the Dirt
It is almost spring, and spring gets me thinking about summer, and summer makes me think about camping. more
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Cartography Old and New
Emerson observed in one of his early essays that when we reflect on our lives, “behind us, as we go, all things assume pleasing forms, as clouds do far off.” more
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Outgrowing Hydroelectric Power
We in the Pacific Northwest have lived in a paradise of low-cost electricity for decades. It’s a mix of hydroelectric power (75%) supplemented by wind power (10%), natural gas (10%) and nuclear … more
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Gifts Between Strangers
It was another gift — a small but powerful spell — except this time I had cast it, unknowingly, and she had the integrity to act on it. more
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“There’s a lot of negative energy around running, so if we can show them at a young age that it can be fun, I feel like they’ll want to do it more.”
PHS Star Athlete Gives Elementary Kids a Running Start
The perennial top-10 finisher at the state cross-country state championships teaches students at Swiftwater Elementary the basics of running through fun activities and exposure to the sport. more
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Drone shot of the rare and mystical agarikon safely out of reach on an old growth fir.
Legendary 'Ghost Bread' Mushroom Discovered on the Key Peninsula
It was around New Year’s when Adam DeLeo made the discovery. Cabin fever propelled him into a local forest he had only visited once or twice and wanted to know better. more
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Peninsula High School Boys Lacrosse Co-Captains Elliot Gillam and Robby Akulschin during practice.
Peninsula Lacrosse Takes Aim at State Title
Co-captains Robby Akulschin and Elliot Gillam expect big things this spring from the Peninsula High School lacrosse team. more
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Assessing the Threat of a Tsunami to the Key Peninsula
The last major earthquake to impact the KP happened 23 years ago last month, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen soon. more
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Standing before the Kindness Wall, 7-year-olds Gael, David and Brandon are not only eager to share their individual strengths but ready to ask about yours.
Encouraging a Sense of Belonging at Vaughn Elementary School
Built on the “sense of belonging” theme for the district, the Month of Belonging at Vaughn Elementary aimed to celebrate the uniqueness of individuals, connections with other students, and a connection with PSD. more
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Most forests in the area face similar issues as this scene from YMCA Camp Seymour where stewardship practices encourage healthy old growth forests of the future.
WSU Extension Brings Flagship Forest Management Course to KP
Forestry education is coming to the Key Peninsula. Washington State University’s extension forestry service will offer its flagship nine-week forest stewardship course to local landowners. more
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Blunk hopes to get a truckload of adaptive wheelchairs, take them to schools, and give students the experience of playing wheelchair basketball in PE classes.
Retired Paralympian Megan Blunk Returns to the Key Peninsula
Megan Blunk is Paralympic champion, taking home a gold medal in 2016, but her greatest victory is her triumph over a longstanding battle with depression. more
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Longtime KPCS Volunteer Judy Jesse began delivering meals with door-to-door service in February.
Home-Delivered Meal Program Comes to the Key Peninsula
In January the Key Peninsula Partnership received a $95,000 grant to bring home-delivered meals to seniors on the Key Peninsula through a collaborative program named KP Connects Through Food. more
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Michael A. Smith
Born at Saint Joseph Hospital on Easter Sunday 1961, Michael A Smith of Lakebay died from previously undiagnosed cancer Dec. 12, at Saint Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor. He was 62 years old. … more
Alona Tolmacheva, a refugee from Kramatorsk, with one of her five Dobermans.
Local Animal Rescuer Tom Bates Home From Ukraine
Tom Bates returned from three months shuttling supplies to frontline areas and getting abandoned animals out on his fifth trip to the war. more
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Metal Detectorist Seeks What’s Lost on the Key Peninsula
Ralph Drahos and his wife Arlene swallowed the anchor. That is to say, they gave up the sailing life they enjoyed for most of their lives together in exchange for an existence on dry land. more
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