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By Peggy Sturdivant

I love sharing good news. It’s true that the Ballard location of RE Store is no more but the doors are now open at Ballard Reuse. Longtime employees Pat Finn Coven and Joel Blaschke have managed to create a new business…MORE

By Gwen Davis

Karen Sykes, the well-known hiker and author who died last week while hiking, loved life. She lived fully and richly, whether hiking or doing photography or writing. Her way of experiencing the world inspired a countless…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager

We live in berry heaven! The Pacific Northwest has the perfect climate for these “fruits of the forest,” as they are called in Europe. I just finished turning most of my garden’s tart…MORE

SOUTH ART GALLERY PRESENTS ”THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD” EXHIBITION

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The South Seattle College Art Gallery will present “Through the Eyes of a Child,” an exhibit featuring works created by young…MORE

This year's Summer Solstice Parade in Fremont was exciting with lots of new things to see...besides naked riders.

by Ann Kendall Sometime in the past several years you might’ve seen Richard hunched over his laptop at the Java Bean on Avalon Way in West Seattle, perhaps deeply engaged in conversation with other regulars about local economics. What you wouldn’…MORE

Green thumbs across Ballard will be pleased to hear Ballard Sustainable is hosting their sixth annual Edible Garden Tour Saturday June 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This year over a dozen urban farms/gardens will open for touring starting…MORE

On June 17, Boeing hosted a celebration for nearly 100 people to mark the completion of the largest habitat restoration in the Lower Duwamish Waterway. Spanning nearly one mile, this new resource for fish and wildlife was created in the footprint…MORE

Peggy Sturdivant is off this week, however she wishes to thank all her readers and longtime reader Gerry Hansen for this gift. "The flowers did make my day." Peggy, At Large in Ballard since 2007

On May 24th I received a surprise flower…MORE

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, “Kubla Khan,” is considered by many as an ode to the opiate. The alluring substance has plagued and inspired humans for most of recorded history, and maintains an enthralling grip on people today, especially in…MORE