Features & Stories

by Milt Lum, staff writer He awoke to a cloudless sky and sunshine bathing his front lawn with a golden glow. The smell of fresh mown grass wafted through the open window on a soft breeze. It was May 30th, traditionally when the nearby lakes had thawed completely and the summer season began. Those halcyon days when he would get out his fishing gear and canoe and go looking for walleye and northerns were long gone. They disappeared fifteen years ago when a rocket-propelled gre

by Milt Lum, staff writer The constancy of the planetary movements during the earth’s daily rotation on its axis and its annual journey around the sun was codified by the observations of Copernicus and Galileo in the 16th century. Centuries earlier societies inhabiting the islands of the Pacific Ocean had developed a celestial navigational guide using these observations. This tradition became extinct due to technological advances until a part-Hawaiian expat, Herb Kawainui Kan

It’s becoming harder to ignore a quiet shift happening across Jefferson County: many of the people who grow our food, care for our seniors, and keep local businesses running can no longer afford to live where they work. Long commutes, seasonal housing, and constant uncertainty have become normal for workers who are essential to the fabric of this peninsula. One needs only to look at the stream of cars entering from Kitsap and Clallam counties every day to understand this grow

by Suyin Karlsen, Guest Writer He gave love away like it was nothing. Every day, in every way, he said, “ I love you ,” to anyone. In not those actual words. In case he was mistaken for a flirt, a romantic, too happy, too crazy. So, he tricked the world with: Kindness Boiled eggs Coffee at Richard’s Ride on his motorbike Pensioner’s jokes he’d told before. This dharma I got from him: Kindness Small notes Something I cooked Loving in spite of Seva in Ceylon and India Larger

by Milt Lum, Staff Writer Sabrina recognized the Sharks logo on the cap worn by an Asian woman dressed in a tan sleeveless top, beige pants, and sandals, sitting alone at a table in the Jewish deli. Mrs. Luke, a friend of Sabrina’s former boss, was visiting family in San Jose and called Sabrina to invite her to have lunch. Mrs. Luke said she was still a big Sharks fan. Over lunch, Mrs. Luke explained that she was assigned to discuss a vacancy at her software company in Seattl

by Milt Lum, Staff Writer It’s A Small World , the Disney boat ride through a dark tunnel, had its inaugural debut at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. It continues to be one of the most popular rides throughout Disney theme parks globally, entertaining three generations of children and adults with its catchy theme song. The song and the joyful, singing, animated children espouse a world which truly belongs in Fantasy Land where this ride is situated. While some would refute

by Evie Maxwell, features editor There used to be – some say 10, others 20 years ago – a farmer’s market set right here in Port Ludlow. By all accounts it was a vibrant part of community life from spring through autumn, offering fresh fruit, fish, vegetables, all local farm-to-table offerings that help make our part of Jefferson County, WA, such a delightful place to live. This market lasted for many years, until a change in venue put a kibosh on the endeavor, and it, alas, w

It is now January and a new year! January marks the start of a new cycle of moments, days, weeks, months, and seasons. A time for new beginnings, new goals, new hopes – a time “to start over,” looking and moving forward with new excitement and new energy. As we begin the new year, let’s examine time – what it is and what it means in our lives. We track time in units of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades, centuries, and millennia. We use time to manage ou