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Violence tests us in unexpected ways. It strains our identity when the time comes to defend all those fancy principles we think we hold.
I was already suitably humbled when I heard the …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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11/2/23
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Fellow KPers — get thee to YouTube and watch “The Maple Cutter,” a 2023 documentary by Daniel Hoffman and Lynn M. Thomas.
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José Alaniz
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11/2/23
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A few weeks ago, I flew home to Seattle from Missoula. I was looking forward to getting home, excited that the flight wasn’t more than an hour. I settled into my window seat and watched as the …
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Anna Brones
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11/2/23
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As the countdown clock ticked away the waning days of summer, school and library boards around the country were besieged with demands to limit access to an ever-expanding list of books.
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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11/2/23
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I would like to skip the question about whether heaven exists, maybe another time, but let’s think about the idea of heaven. I’m sure some of you have a pretty clear picture, maybe based …
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Jack Dunne
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11/2/23
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I recently attended a high-profile tech conference where artificial intelligence was the talk of the week. After listening to the hype and the promises, and the long-term visions from heavily funded …
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April Godwin
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9/27/23
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On May 10, 2016, then Herron Island ferry captain John Farris posted a photo on the islanders’ group on Facebook with a laconic caption, as was his style, even though the announcement could …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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9/27/23
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It was 1979 or ’80. My dad informed me I would accompany him to a business dinner. I put on my three-piece suit, like his, and he drove us in his 1968 Volvo P1800 bone-white coupe with red leather …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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9/27/23
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In his June column, Richard Gelinas talked about energy production (“No Nukes: Carbon-free Electricity.”) He touched briefly on the benefits of solar power. He also mentioned his desire …
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Mark Michel
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9/27/23
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Graphic notes on local life
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José Alaniz
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9/27/23
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Graphic notes on local life
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José Alaniz
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8/30/23
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These are momentous days in our household. This spring four of us are graduating — from grad school, from college, and the two youngest from Peninsula High School. I have mixed feelings about that …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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8/30/23
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July 4, 2023, was the hottest recorded day on Earth. I just happened to be in Phoenix, Arizona, attending a baseball tournament for my son where the daily temperature reached 115 degrees. It was the …
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Meredith Browand
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8/30/23
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If, as the Bard informs, brevity is the soul of wit, what could be wittier than a one-liner?
President Calvin Coolidge was a typically taciturn Vermonter. Not for “Silent Cal” the …
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Dan Clouse
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8/30/23
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It was wonderful seeing you and your kids at the family reunion last month. We’re still finding specks of glitter and tiny beads amid the chalk drawings on the deck, where they did craft …
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Richard Gelinas
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8/30/23
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This spring and summer I got into the habit of morning bike rides at Key Central Forest. It was a way to set the tone for the day, start things off with a bit of fresh air and some movement.
We …
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Anna Brones
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8/2/23
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In mid-July we lost our elderly French Alpine goat, Sophie. It got me thinking about the role that death plays in our little homestead here on the KP.
We got Sophie along with her daughter …
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José Alaniz
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8/2/23
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I have spent most of my life teaching in one form or another: young kids, college kids and professionals. I tried to be good at it, but my memory cherishes only a few real successes. I can still see …
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Jack Dunne
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8/2/23
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I don’t remember meeting Phil Bauer. I think that is because I felt like I always knew him.
He was always around: at board meetings, fundraisers, parties. Here we are serving food …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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8/2/23
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Graphic notes on local life
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José Alaniz
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7/31/23
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