Lily Haight

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  • The power of intention

    The power of intention

    Three girls sat at a table making things happen. Making their coffee disappear from its cups. Making croissant flakes fall to the table top. Making men with bad intentions flee their presence. And making wishes for the women they know and don’t know. What is the difference between intention and magic? How powerful are we, these Read more

  • Classic Mariners Regatta

    Classic Mariners Regatta

    Photographs from the 2019 Classic Mariners Regatta in Port Townsend, WA. Read more

  • Race to Alaska

    Race to Alaska

    Photos from the 2019 Race to Alaska in Port Townsend, WA. Read more

  • Sunny, dreamy

    Sunny, dreamy

    If we didn’t have winter, would we still feel that immeasurable joy on those first warm, spring days? My job gives me the opportunity to meet and talk with a lot of people. Just last week, I met with a rambunctious crew restoring an old houseboat, talked with a sunny flower farmer, and had lunch Read more

  • Eating a sandwich during a sailboat race

    Eating a sandwich during a sailboat race

    At 9 a.m. Saturday morning, Bertram Levy, a short, mustachioed sailor wearing the beret he is known to wear got in line at the Northwest Maritime Center to sign up for the annual Shipwrights’ Regatta. In front of him were two novice sailors — young men from the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, with zero Read more

  • Finding helpers

    Finding helpers

    These late night thoughts are sponsored by the colors of autumn Here’s something I think about a lot: I’m 23 years old. If nothing crazy happens, I might live for another 70 years. What will those 70 years look like? Smoke-filled skies? Aliens? Lifespans shortening? The rich getting even richer? The poor getting even poorer? The Read more