Richard Arlin Walker is a journalist and mariner living in Anacortes. He worked for 33 years as a reporter and editor in four states and is currently a regular contributor to ICT, Hamiinat magazine and other publications. He is the author of two local-history books (“Roche Harbor” and “Point No Point”) and two books of poetry. When he is not writing, he is a deckhand aboard the Guemes Island Ferry.