New issue of Chunga

The PDF of Chunga 18 is now available at efanzines.com. Featured this issue is a tribute to Joanna Russ by diverse hands, and there's also a tribute to Bill Kunkel along with many of his cartoons, a chapter from John Coxon's TAFF report, a choice pastiche from Kip Williams, John Hertz on Art Rapp, and a kick-ass cover by Dave Hicks.

How I spent my winter vacation

James Island in La Push

I returned yesterday from five days on the Olympic Peninsula. At the beginning of Winter Quarter, I realized I needed to go away and decompress somewhere. I didn't want it to be complicated. No airports, for example. No fancy resorts or hotels. For a while I thought of going to the southern Oregon coast, but then I remembered that there was an area much closer to home that I've wanted to explore for a while. In particular I've long wanted to visit the Hoh rainforest -- one of the few temperate rainforests preserved anywhere in the world. So I asked my friends on Facebook for suggestions of places to stay on the peninsula, and Zel pointed me to the Quileute Oceanside Resort in La Push. On Monday I drove to La Push, which is about five hours from Seattle via Olympia and Aberdeen. (The welcome sign for Aberdeen actually says, "Come As You Are." Kurt Cobain must be spinning in his grave.)

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