Diane Urbani de la Paz

Peninsula residents make trek to Seattle to see Picasso’s work

SEATTLE -- "La Celestina," a woman from his Blue Period, arrests you right at the start. Then you join the river of people flowing through… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Angeles women raise money for Mexico center

SEQUIM -- A small band of women in Sequim and Port Angeles share one desire with a women's cooperative in rural Chiapas, Mexico. They want… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Mom uses worry over son’s football injury to help other parents

Jean Rickerson and her 17-year-old son, Drew, have proven themselves to be a tough pair. Rickerson has faced some of the scariest things that can… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Two sides of health shown in Port Angeles art exhibit

PORT ANGELES -- Prepare to be startled, provoked and then healed. Jake Seniuk and Bryn Barnard are collaborators hoping for such reactions to "Outbreak," the… Continue reading

Port Townsend teens take their songs on the road

PORT TOWNSEND -- You've probably heard all about the "Glee" TV show ­-- and while that fiction is well and good, glee PT is the… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: She promotes Neah Bay through photographs, work for Makah tribe

This is a rare place with its own identity. As small towns across the country become ever more homogenized, Neah Bay stands apart, remote and… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Port Angeles-bred, world-traveled duo home for free concert

PORT ANGELES -- It should be a romantic afternoon. Sweetly comic, even. The Bottom Line Duo, a pair who met at Port Angeles High School… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Permanent-makeup artist gives women — and men — fresh starts

Tonni Mansfield understands what it means to begin again -- and how a slim line of definition here, a blush of color there, can make… Continue reading

Volunteer Hospice in Clallam faces $280,000 deficit

PORT ANGELES -- Soon after she moved here, Sue Hynes crossed paths with the woman in whose footsteps she would follow -- into a job… Continue reading

The real ideal Santa: 40 years in the red suit give him insight into children

PORT ANGELES -- As he turns 40, Santa Claus is noticing what's different this year, alongside what is the same as forever. Wait. Forty? Santa?… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Handel with Care benefits Sequim aid agency

SEQUIM -- You see the word "joy" a lot during December. This Wednesday night, you can count on hearing what it sounds like, expressed to… Continue reading

Port Angeles social worker’s grief inspires free one-on-one support

PORT ANGELES -- When Julie Andrew's husband, Paul, took his own life in June 2002, she and her three children descended into a well of… Continue reading

Sun ‘dance’ slated for the solstice in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- At this "dance," there will be oranges for peeling, for eating and for filling the room with fragrance. And since this is… Continue reading

Turning beach litter into art: Photographer displays work at Port Angeles coffeehouse (***GALLERY***)

PORT ANGELES -- Shotgun shells. A Santa Claus hat. Boatloads of bottles and caps, and too many unmentionables. Rob Casey, an avid traveler of Olympic… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: The dance to the rhythm of life

Picture a dove, in a gray hoodie. Leaning into a cool breath of wind, she takes flight, with no visible effort. That's how Lisa Lidback… Continue reading

Deju vu marriage keeps Port Townsend couple in celebrations

PORT TOWNSEND -- In the coming week, Lovie and Bob McCollum can celebrate the 69th or the 17th anniversary of their wedding, or both. Lovie,… Continue reading

Farewell party scheduled for ‘Father Henry’

SEQUIM -- The Rev. Henry Mulindwa, former priest administrator at St. Joseph Catholic Church, is returning to his home country of Uganda. "He has touched… Continue reading

What are the holidays without ‘The Nutcracker’ on stage?

Ah, to drift off to sleep after the Christmas Eve party and dream of a Land of Sweets. Everyone there moves with uncommon grace as… Continue reading

‘Sacred sound experience’ Thursday

AGNEW -- It's like a tuneup for the body, while it relies on an open mind. A "sacred sound experience," aka an evening of meditation,… Continue reading

New sound circle group starts Wednesday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- You already have a glorious instrument to bring to this week's sound circle, Vickie Dodd promises. A sound therapist and author who… Continue reading