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Notes From the Bookshop is a monthly column dedicated to the fine art of reading by Conner Bouchard-Roberts, publisher and bookseller at Winter Texts. He is also Jefferson County’s first poet laureate. Moving into the new year always rings with an elongated echo that stretches back to beginnings.
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News Analysis By Sara Post A woman is shuffling through papers in her bag as she sits beside her family member in the hospital gurney, looking for something to show me. “You want to see something hilarious? Check this out.” She finds what she’s looking for and holds it
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A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms. As we find ourselves deep into the winter months, the solstice has come and gone, and we are eagerly anticipating the sunlight’s slow return. Standing in the forest, the stillness of winter is palpable. Looking up through the treetops, we can see
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By Angela Downs “My name is Jen Hauser. I am a human on Earth.” Hauser and I met in a grief meeting they held over Zoom. I lived in Maine; they lived in New Mexico. Four years later, we are sitting together in the parlor at Kalma, where Hauser hosts
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Event reporting by Nigel O’Shea What: Karl Blau with St. Yuma Where: The Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Rd, Quilcene, WA 98376 When: Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 How much: $20 Evening weather: Foggy night, watch your speed, watch for animals. Most represented guitar: A jangly Danelectro. Overall time had: 9.
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Dear Feral Feelings, Do you have any advice for getting through the winter without getting super depressed? I start every new year burnt out and broke from the holidays, and then January hits, and I am bummed out for months. I would like to find another way to exist this
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A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms. Peering out the window at the looming grey clouds, the dread has officially set in - the big grey is back. In the Pacific Northwest, we remind ourselves of the fresh smell after the rain clears and the cascading mountain peaks filled with spring
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Notes From the Bookshop is a monthly column dedicated to the fine art of reading by Conner Bouchard-Roberts, publisher and bookseller at Winter Texts. All significant political acts are gestures towards Utopia: An imaginary paradise within one’s own mind imposed upon our certainly imperfect world. In this month’
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Citizen Screen is a monthly column dedicated to film and film-related topics, sourced and curated by Port Townsend Film Festival. This month’s column is by filmmaker Ross Pruden, a Port Townsend-based fine art landscape fine art photographer, but his film-related credits include NYU film school, London
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Event reporting by Nigel O’Shea What: Live Life Loud Presents: Dryland (Bellingham), Key Party (Poulsbo), and Tonight We Knife (Bremerton and Hadlock) with DJ E Rok Where: The Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Rd, Quilcene, WA 98376 When: Saturday, November 16, 2024 How much: $15 NOTAFLOF* Drank: 2 Silver City
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Dear Feral Feelings, Since the election results, I have been in a downward spiral of hopelessness. I am in my late 60’s, I am mortified to think I’ll never see the change I have so hoped would come to our country. I wanted to see a woman become
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Beach Rose in bloom. Photo by Eden Blooms. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms. As we transition from Autumn, the season of decay and grief, into winter, the season of solitude and rest, I find myself yearning for a plant ally. Maybe you are