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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more

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 … more