Opinion

by Pat Cashman “Get over yourself. Not everyone wants to be you.”

“When the center of the universe is discovered, a lot of people are going to be surprised it’s not them.”

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others…MORE

                                                                                                                 by Georgie Bright Kunkel           The Hebrew  Bible states that the land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates River was…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Dawndra Budd’s photography is like a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. She captures dark, whimsical scenes that are rich with symbolism, and within those scenes, ethereal protagonists: Ophelia drowned in a bird’s nest brimming with…MORE

Update:

New photos show blojjers in action. These images captured by a Ballard News-Tribune reporter while investigating in the the Green Lake area show joggers in the bicycle lane at all hours, day and night, with complete disregard for…MORE

by Pat Cashman I was in a ferry line earlier this week---and saw the road sign you may well be familiar with: “Report ferry line cutters”---followed by the phone number you’re supposed to call: “1-877-764-HERO.” Really? Hero? I naively…MORE

 by Amanda Knox I’m a camper. Or, at least, I used to be. During the summers of my childhood, my family went on a few weekend and week-long trips to the campgrounds around Gold Bar and Lake Roosevelt in Eastern Washington. My middle school had…MORE

By Amanda Knox   I’m a camper. Or, at least, I used to be. During the summers of my childhood, my family went on a few weekend and week-long trips to the campgrounds around Gold Bar and Lake Roosevelt in Eastern Washington. My middle school had…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I was in a ferry line earlier this week---and saw the road sign you may well be familiar with: “Report ferry line cutters”---followed by the phone number you’re supposed to call: “1-877-764-HERO.” Really? Hero?

I…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Towards the end of high school, something rare and unexpected happened. A guy—a handsome, popular, football-playing math-genius who was way out of my league—asked me out on a date. It was a fluke. Had he gone to my high…MORE

By Marjorie Young

Very recently I found myself encountering the ‘delights’ of moving to a new home after the owner of my long-time residence sold the building to developers. I was determined to stay in the neighborhood…that it worked out…MORE