by Katy Wilkens, MS, RDNutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers
Frosty ice pops can melt the heat away on a sweltering August day. Make your own healthy pops. They’re perfect for a backyard barbecue or birthday party. Fill…MORE
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Tue, 09/16/14
by Katy Wilkens, MS, RDNutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers
Frosty ice pops can melt the heat away on a sweltering August day. Make your own healthy pops. They’re perfect for a backyard barbecue or birthday party. Fill…MORE
Mon, 09/15/14
By Pat Cashman
What’s a kid in diapers to think? From the time we arrive and our first toys are offered to us, very likely at least one of them will be some form of a bear. And they are always huggable and cute.
There are, of course…MORE
Mon, 09/15/14
By Georgie Bright Kunkel
The world has always been thus, as they say. Yin and Yang, good and bad, you name it. We are constantly torn between two opposing forces in life. Religion rose to temper the forces of evil. At the same time that…MORE
Mon, 09/15/14
By Tim Robinson If you were 5'1", 97 pounds, and a boy who read comic books before schoolwork, you might understand how I became a late bloomer. In the ninth grade everyone I knew was taller than me. Even the girls. My dad was the same way. He…MORE
Wed, 09/10/14
By Peggy Sturdivant
I’ve read about an alleged “Seattle Chill” for newcomers. In my neighborhood, it’s the opposite, more of a “Ballard Melt.”
On Labor Day, I tried to make it home from Market Street and was waylaid for hours by…MORE
Tue, 09/09/14
Information provided by Nordic Heritage Museum On view from September 19 - November 9, 2014, The Color of Time: From Dusk to Dawn features the newest body of work by photographer Tod Gangler. The enchanting photographs subtly examine Ballard as…MORE
Tue, 09/09/14
by Pat Cashman
Walking home from school one day, I saw the sign posted prominently on the door of a saloon called “The Palace.” It read: NO MINORS ALLOWED!
I remember feeling a sense of outrage. Why, I wondered, would hard-working…MORE
Mon, 09/08/14
by Pat Cashman
Walking home from school one day, I saw the sign posted prominently on the door of a saloon called “The Palace.” It read: NO MINORS ALLOWED!
I remember feeling a sense of outrage. Why, I wondered, would hard-…MORE
Sat, 09/06/14
By Georgie Bright Kunkel Most everyone learns about the seasons and that they only occur in temperate climates. Remember Pete Seeger singing “Turn, turn, turn, turn. There is a season for everything under heaven.” I always wondered what it would…MORE
Thu, 09/04/14
by Kathryn Kingen
Reel down then pull up with all your might, reel down again and pull up until your arms fall off! That is what it was like landing my first tuna. I was with my family bobbing off the tip of the Baja in white-capped seas,…MORE