Vicki Husted Biggs
The Oxford English dictionary uses words like brokenhearted, morose, sorrow, unhappy, regret, melancholy, downcast, dejected, low, blue, gloomy and miserable to describe …
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2/1/18
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Frank Slater
The Clearwater Spruce
In 1945 or ’46, the Quinault school district extended its high school bus route to Kalaloch in Jefferson County to pick up teenage students from …
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2/1/18
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Rachel Berry
Hoodsport Entices Foodies and Outdoor Enthusiasts
Even though it’s not quite spring, most of us have had enough of winter and are ready for an adventure. Good news: There’s an …
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2/1/18
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Rob Vajko
Flirting, Harassment and Hollywood
There is an inherent danger in not jumping on the bandwagon of current thinking, especially when the current thinking has to do with sexual …
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2/1/18
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Blood and Soil
In December 1990, I was riding in a car along the coast of the Adriatic Sea near the medieval fortress city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, when the engine …
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Ted Olinger
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1/1/18
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Brook Hurst Stephens
New Year? Piece of Cake!
Like many people, I start to think about what I’ll be making and doing to celebrate the holidays not long after Halloween. It’s hard not to …
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1/1/18
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Cathy Warner
Live Like the Mountain Is Out
I received a mug emblazoned with the words “Live Like the Mountain Is Out” and an outline of Mt. Rainier a few months ago. I filled it with tea …
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1/1/18
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
The Annual Christmas Bird Count
It was a beautiful Christmas morning at Fresh Pond Reservoir in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Clear skies, very light winds out of the …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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12/1/17
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Meredith Browand
White Supremacy Groups on the Peninsulas
I love living here. When my husband and I moved to the Pacific Northwest over a decade ago, we knew instantly that this was where we …
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12/1/17
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Dan Whitmarsh
Dan Whitmarsh
Love is the Answer
Winter is rapidly approaching. Outside my window, fog shrouds bare-limbed trees as rain fills the creek coursing into Mayo Cove. Thanksgiving …
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12/1/17
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Rachel Berry
A Winter Wildlife Walk in the Rain? Yes, Please.
Winter in the Pacific Northwest can be grueling. It’s not so much the rain and snow as it is the lack of sunshine that makes us …
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12/1/17
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