Environment A respite from water rationing in Bellingham Lake Whatcom in Bellingham, Wash. (Creative Commons / Wikimedia) by Bob Simmons / August 4, 2009
Mandatory water restriction in Bellingham Lake Whatcom in Bellingham, Wash. (Creative Commons / Wikimedia) by Bob Simmons / July 30, 2009
Tech A brief infatuation with Kindle When Amazon whisked away Orwell's 1984, something made this writer want to hang onto those things with paper pages and covers by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / July 18, 2009
Nice book you're reading Among the pleasures of reading books is the way they can become social objects, conversational ice-breakers by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / July 15, 2009
Ink City Portland's tattoo culture gets artful treatment by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / June 22, 2009
Chuck Taylor's blog sizes up SeattlePI.com Time to start evaluating the new e-product by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / March 19, 2009
Politics Can Oregonians quit kicking themselves? We like tax surpluses where we can see 'em: In the mailbox by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / March 12, 2009
Far from Lake Woebegon Garrison Keillor's latest Salon piece shows us how far he's traveled by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / March 10, 2009