Opinion

My kids care about me and my time alone since I lost Elsbeth 18 months ago. They offered to get me a dog to keep me company and maybe gnaw at a solicitor's ankles when I am trying to nap.

I love dogs. The truth is I think I'd have trouble…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Ow. Ow. No seriously, ow. Forgive me if I seem a bit off my game this week. Earlier today I had my first tattoo removal session. Then I thought, “well I had to take the day off work anyway so...” and rescheduled my…MORE

By Brian LeBlanc

Just over three months after the 2012 General Election, Seattle voters are being asked to consider two levies to fund education. I am urging you to vote No on both of these levies. I don’t think it is fair to try and pass…MORE

The latest flu scare in the Northwest prompted me to recall an event from the days of my youth.

There was a lot of scarlet fever, mumps, chicken pox, diphtheria, small pox and pneumonia when I was growing up in Portland in the ‘20's and ‘…MORE

A long-time Burien resident and United States Air Force veteran of World War II, Ed Allen, wrote short stories about war experiences that included tales of fiery parachute airplane bailouts, critical casualties, and crash landings.

Flying…MORE

By Rachael LevineSPECIAL TO THE HIGHLINE TIMES

(Editor’s Note: Rachael Levine is the former president of the White Center Library Guild. She led the fight against closure of the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries. King County…MORE

When my friend heard there was an opportunity for 90 Ballardites to receive emergency preparedness training, she thought it would be good to do together. She was so busy contacting me that she didn’t read the small print. So while I got excited…MORE

by Marjorie Young

I’ve been blessed, on very rare occasions, with what I consider ‘Nirvana Moments’…when I mysteriously connect with something utterly beyond comprehension and expression; when ‘the painted veil, which those who live call…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

America is fat. Surveys shows this fact is easy to ignore so I figured blunt is best. Very, very blunt. To be more specific, nearly 70% of the American adult population is overweight. About a third of the adult population…MORE

Years ago I saw changes in Ballard in black-and-white terms. Development = bad. Original single-family residences = good. I was young. I was foolish. I was short-sighted.

Over the last few years I have watched William Parks, better known…MORE