Opinion
Blog: ‘Just like insulin for diabetes’
The word was easy to read even from my vantage point, upside down from the doctor’s view. In…
JuLee Rudolf
Opinion
Blog: Where the Sword Ferns grow
On my 19,947th day on earth, I learned something that came as a complete surprise: I am not…
Life
Moran Constitutional Relay 2018
Snap! I felt a pop at the back of my knee as I reached mile five along one…
Life
Jack and Jill’s Downhill Marathon 2018
Two fat flies spin wacky spirals around my head and torso, like tiny sharks circling their prey. House…
Life
Tidepooling Along the Olympic Peninsula
The shell collector skillfully maneuvers his way across the beach, wades through waves, and sifts through sand to…
Life
ISLAND UNSEEN: Just say no to OSPI’s superfluous science assessment for class of 2019 students
This spring, about 83,000 11th-grade students in Washington will become the first to sit for the new high…
Life
Island Unseen: Snurfin’ USA
“Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream…
Life
Cutting the pool baby in half
The water surface was as smooth as glass during its last week of limited operation in mid-February, when…
Life
Island Unseen: It’s time to end high school exit testing in Washington state
It’s time to end exit testing requirements for Washington state high school students. Setting the bar high to…
Life
Peter, Peter — Writer, Seeker
I opened my front door to the quietest of knocks. Our six-year-old son waited with a stranger. My…
Life
Island Unseen: Lab Girl, The Lorax, The Hidden Life of Trees and Me
I used to think of trees as majestic, oxygen-producing shade-providers. Not anymore. Reading Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life…
Life
Island Unseen: Beach combing at Bowman Bay
Making my way over and between barnacled, blunt-edged rocks and boulders along the north shore of Bowman Bay,…
Life
ISLAND UNSEEN| Cle Elum Ridge Run 25K: Sometimes, You Just Have To Show Up
A line of bibbed runners file past as we enter the Taneum Junction Campground parking lot in Cle…