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Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation is forming a non profit West Seattle based community choir they are calling The Earthrise Chamber Choir. It is so named after an historic event in 1968 when for the first time astronauts saw, beyond…MORE

If you love fireworks you have a large number of displays in King County to choose from for the 4th of July. You can of course watch neighbors and friends, or catch the biggest one the Family 4th being staged over Lake Union in person or on…MORE

I am astounded by the  news that  the the new President at   Boeing  is  from  Renton and  started from the  bottom as a mechanic like  I  did many years  ago.

I might have been President if I had been more patient and worn a hardhat.…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

With school out and summer officially here at last the already crowded highways are teeming with cars, trucks and travel trailers heading out in all directions. On the way over to Yakima where a family reunion…MORE

Have you ever seen a chain of small kites, flying in a way that suggests a dragon tail in the sky?

Erik Olivar was down on the Alki Beach promenade Sunday evening July 1 for the maiden Seattle flight of something called a Kite-Train that…MORE

Competitive runner and West Seattle resident Sarah MacKay draws her inspiration from a non-traditional source. It’s not a cheetah, a puma or a gazelle, but a starfish … a species not exactly known for its running prowess.

“I just think…MORE

The day we heard that the Greenwood location of the Department of Licensing was going to close there was a lot of chatter. One friend volunteered that it had been “evil” and another told of her existential crisis when the numbers never advanced.…MORE

Nikita is a Shiba Inu whose, "origin is Japan", explained Al Mizrahi, "where they were bred as small hunters for royalty," and has a very calm demeanor. Mizrahi is not Nikita's actual owner however. His son Anthony is but Mizrahi and his wife…MORE

By Marjorie Young

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” That biblical teaching has been quoted for centuries. Yet, I would challenge that philosophy.

For much of my life, I was eager to share whatever I had, including money…MORE

My friend Wendy dated a man who had a list of criteria that needed to be met before he could consider a woman “partner worthy.” His list contained all such important items such as “red hair” and “big boobs.” He was mildly concerned with the woman…MORE