Features

When people hear Electroconvulsive Therapy or “shock therapy” the iconic scene of Jack Nicholson being strapped down and shocked in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest might come to mind. The scene is an exaggeration of course, but it also could not…MORE

By Amanda Knox

The paparazzi like to describe their relationship with celebrities as symbiotic, and when you look at the Kardashians, that seems like a reasonable way to frame it. But just because a few socialites have learned to exploit…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“I’m going back to work next Monday,” Evelyn Gardner told me, “It’s going to seem so good.” Not just any Monday back to work as she’s been home for several weeks after a fall. The 93 year-old can’t wait to return to her…MORE

By Katy G. Wilkens

According to the dialysis patients I work with at Northwest Kidney Centers, the high-salt food they miss the most on their medically restricted diet is bacon. The smoky-sweet salty flavor improves the taste of lots of…MORE

information from SWSHS

Reviewing the years of her childhood, education, teaching and counseling, work as "Rosie, the Riveter" for Boeing, political activity with the National Organization of Women, community organizing, performing musical…MORE

If you would like to obtain some well considered financial advice, contact Sarah Cecil 206-938-6017.

Brought to you by Sarah Cecil Financial Advisor with Edwards Jones Investments.

Sponsored post.

By Sarah Cecil

Now that spring has officially sprung, you might look around your home and decide it’s time for some sprucing up. But you don’t have to confine your efforts to your house and yard – you can also engage in a little “spring…MORE

by Georgie Bright Kunkel       It is interesting how language has such power. Long ago I determined to eliminate violent language from my vocabulary.

After all, I grew up with a single mother who never ever raised her voice or used her…MORE

By Pat Cashman

In between a hectic schedule of loitering and lollygagging, I found time to turn on TV the other day. The remote landed on a nightly cable news program---one of those where the host talks faster than an auctioneer, and…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“This is what Medicare looks like,” Mary Jean Gilman said while digging the south slope of the Ballard P-Patch. She was on high ground by an apple tree while below other P-Patch volunteers wrestled a stump into a…MORE