Pat Neal

1 week ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County DRIVING AROUND THE old hometown can make you feel old. Gone are the days when the food in our markets was raised just down the road and out in the endless fields watered, weeded and cared for by generations of farmers. Nearly all have been replaced with a new crop of subdivisions that cover the verdant soil with layers of asphalt and concrete that will not grow food.

2 weeks ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, June 11, 2025 12:17pmOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County THIS IS A story about wilderness pests. It is told as a warning to others. I remember this disturbing episode like it was yesterday. Because it was yesterday. We were floating down a river catching bull trout. Or maybe they were Dolly Varden, a fish named after a character in a Dickens novel with pink spots on her dress to match the pink spots on the fish.

3 weeks ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, June 4, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County THERE’S A LITTLE piece of history blooming now right along U.S. Highway 101, a few miles south of Forks. The camas are blooming.

1 month ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, May 28, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County THIS MUST BE my favorite time of year. We’ve emerged from hibernation and all danger of frost has passed. The birds have returned from the distant South to our forests to nest. The ones that survived the migration. There is the cooing of the band-tailed pigeon and the singular whistle of the Swainson’s thrush.

1 month ago | islandernews.com | Pat Neal

Fifty-six students, aged 6 to 12, dazzled attendees at the annual St Christopher’s Montessori School’s Art Fair on Friday, May 9. The event highlighted a year-long exploration of art fundamentals, where students experimented with various artistic elements and media, transforming simple materials into brilliant works of art. During the school year, the students embarked on a creative journey covering key elements including line, shape, color, form, value, space and texture.