JOURNAL
Essays on Place and Memory
A home for stories that unfold on the page through writing, archival research, photography, maps, oral history, and close attention to the landscapes around us—built and natural alike.
Some stories begin with a house, a street, a photograph, an overlooked object, or a person whose life is bound to a particular place. Others follow a neighborhood, an architectural idea, a historical trace, or a landscape that has changed over time. Together, they explore how people shape places, and how places continue to shape memory, identity, and community.
The Journal is concerned with what remains, what has disappeared, and what people, places, and ordinary surroundings can reveal when we take the time to look closely.
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Autumn, by the Handful
Fresh cider, Morris dancing, remarkable old trees, and the people who care for them—a harvest afternoon at Piper’s Orchard, with stories gathered for Power of Place’s upcoming Appleland episode.
What does it mean to keep showing up for young people? Through the voices of former students and the recollections of his son Donte, we meet Dr. Donald Felder, a Seattle educator whose influence can be heard in the stories people tell years after leaving his classroom.