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By Bob Jepperson

Twelve year old Ruth Andersen skimmed across the frosty surface at the Ballard Ice Arena wearing the hockey skates that her mother bought for her at the Goodwill store. Ruth loved figure skating with her girlfriends, and…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I was watching an old movie on TV a couple of nights ago. A gangster was being pursued by the cops---aren’t they always? So he went to a plastic surgeon and got his face changed. They do it all the time in the movies.…MORE

By Amanda Knox

I realize that in many of my most recent columns—engaging with subjects like grief, political frustration, introspection, stillness—I may be coming across as a bit of a Debbie Downer. No, I don’t suffer from SAD (seasonal…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I was watching an old movie on TV a couple of nights ago. A gangster was being pursued by the cops---aren’t they always? So he went to a plastic surgeon and got his face changed. They do it all the time in the movies…MORE

As a community on a peninsula, West Seattle is often seen as parochial and insulated. A place meant for only locals, not on the way to anywhere.

The outward looking efforts to bring visitors here from a distance have been limited to…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I’m still confused about the pony. That sentence sums up what was either an extraordinary day in Ballard or the new normal. In which the senior center is packed for lunch because of the visiting Seahawks contingent, men…MORE

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By Amanda Knox

Yoga taught me that a full breath comes in four parts. Breathe in, pause, breathe out, pause. The all important pauses are ever easily glossed over by the eager amateur, like myself.

It’s a weakness of mine,…MORE

By Pat Cashman

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and it seems quite absurd That somebody once decided that ‘twas’ was a word.

But that’s not the point, so let me get back to my tale While I knock back a few pints of gluten-free ale…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Persimmons are fruits that ripen late in the fall, hanging like bright orange lanterns on small trees among the autumn leaves. There are three basic kinds of Asian persimmons: the Fuyu, which looks like a pumpkin…MORE