Opinion

By Marjorie Young

As someone with a decidedly spiritual bent, it is my heartfelt aim to take the ups and downs of life in stride, knowing not only that there are invariably lessons to be taught, but that a degree of detachment will always…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

In my mother’s day having eleven children was usually not conducive to having a career outside the home. In fact, many careers were not open to married women, period. After my mom was widowed with ten children,…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Please excuse me for a moment, while I interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you a little #SaveHannibal and a reflection on the changing nature of television entertainment.

In the beginning,…MORE

By Marjorie Young

Dreams have fascinated us from the beginning. Traditionally, profound importance was attached to them, and any who might successfully interpret their hidden meaning came to be highly regarded. In the Old Testament, Joseph…MORE

He sits alone on a bench embedded in the sands of Golden Gardens Park. Is it both sadness and complacent joy he reflects? What does he see out there over the water? It cannot be only mountains. But, I will not ask him:

A wilderness is…MORE

By Amanda Kay Helmick

West Seattle has been working to resolve its transportation challenges for 125 years. We initiated Puget Sound's first ferry service in 1888 and we built America's first municipally funded commuter rail system in 1906…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

This last week, I had the wonderful experience of being awoken by a phone call from an unidentified number. For months now, I've received several of these mystery calls. I generally refuse to answer – automatically…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

There's nothing like moving (even temporarily or just changing work locale) to make you think about relationships, specifically the relationships you have with other people. The last handful of years have been pretty…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Have you ever stumbled across an article online that is so inflammatory and absurd that you can't help but read it? There you are, minding your own business, just casually perusing your regular news site when – BAM! Your…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

When the economy was on the downswing, employers couldn't stop talking about how unqualified were their millennial applicants. It was all of this (arguably legitimate) hemming and hawing about a dearth in writing and…MORE