An old phone placed in an Olympia park is a tool for grieving, hope

The concept could not be simpler or more profound: Place a disconnected telephone in the woods, available to anyone who needs to talk to someone who cannot hear them. It could be final words never spoken to a lost loved one, parting words to an ex, a secret that refuses to be contained, or a simple shout of frustration that would otherwise be held in. That concept became a reality in November along a little-used trail at Priest Point Park in Olympia.

In a back corner of the wooded park, a rotary telephone and sign are attached to a humble slab of plywood, which itself is affixed to the back of a towering western red cedar. Callers have privacy in the solitude of the woods, and the trunk of the tree shields them from the main trail.

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Click image below for a printable map in .PDF format.

The above map, also available in a downloadable .PDF file, shows the approximate location of Olympia's Telephone of the Winds in Priest Point Park.

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