Opinion

By Kyra-lin Hom

In the iconic words of Jubal Early, as he floats through space untethered, and the final line of Firefly's TV run, “Well... Here I am.” Hopefully, I'm not slowly drifting to death in an endless frozen vacuum, but I do have…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

My favorite farm stand visitors so far have been the Queen Anne couple killing time in the neighborhood because they were having their cat washed in Ballard. But we’ll come back to them later.

Like many others I’…MORE

by Jack Block

Once again I’m faced as a voter with a nice-sounding ballot initiative that the proponents claim is just a “simple, common sense” proposal. But, after doing some checking, it turns out to be a poorly written and very…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was the first summer that he wasn’t playing league baseball since starting grade school. It being the summer between his freshman and sophomore year in college, his parents were adamant: time to get a summer job.…MORE

By Tim Burak “We just called it the South End. Burien, Highline, White Center, we didn’t know about any boundary lines. We roamed all over the place.” That’s Cecile (Oliver) Hansen, Burien resident, recalling her teen-aged neighborhood…MORE

By Holly BrownPublisher, WebTV/Radio Host of TheBrownLounge.com

I’m a huge fan of Spanish cuisine as a result of a trip to Spain with my husband, Kevin. We wound our way from Madrid, to the Rioja wine region, up to Basque country, and then…MORE

After the City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development approved the permit for developers to proceed with their plan to put three houses in the Benchview neighborhood of West Seattle, it drew the ire of the Benchview Neighborhood…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Greetings from the Mile High City! I am currently hailing from the Denver, Colorado area. My boyfriend and I are taking a weeklong pit stop here to visit his family before moving onto Chicago. All the way up here it is warm…MORE

By Marjorie Young

One of the most delightful aspects of life is our connection with the animal world. There’s nothing unique in this view…ask any dog or cat lover, and you’ll be gifted with paeans of praise concerning their precious…MORE

The other day my housekeeper, Paulette Joy Lovely, (honest, that is her real name) was at Lincoln park in West Seattle and was astounded by the huge number of fisher folk on the shoreline fishing for salmon. Men, boys, women, grampas, grammas,…MORE