Journal of Precipitation
A blog about the Pacific Northwest.
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Let’s remember when Hearst announced its takeover of the Post-Intelligencer, on this day in 1921…
Let’s remember when Hearst announced its takeover of the Post-Intelligencer, on this day in 1921…
In March of 2009, Hearst turned the Seattle Post-Intelligencer into an online-only newspaper, which was a damn tragedy. But the PI has…
Let’s remember when a raid in Magnolia turned up 50 gallons on moonshine, on this day in 1923…
Let’s remember when a raid in Magnolia turned up 50 gallons on moonshine, on this day in 1923…
Prohibition, what a time to be alive!
Let’s remember the very first Christmas in Seattle, on this day in 1851 (December 25)
Let’s remember the very first Christmas in Seattle, on this day in 1851 (December 25)
It’s a Christmas miracle!
Let’s remember when right-wing wacko David Lewis Rice murdered Charles Goldmark, and his family…
Let’s remember when right-wing wacko David Lewis Rice murdered Charles Goldmark, and his family…
Seattle Met magazine called it “one of the most heinous crimes in Seattle history.” It is quite ghastly and horrifying.
Let’s remember when the first US case of mad cow disease was reported near Yakima, on this day in…
Let’s remember when the first US case of mad cow disease was reported near Yakima, on this day in…
The outbreak of mad cow disease was both a very big deal in 2003, and the subject of way too many late night talk show jokes. But the US…