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Jasper T. returns from a Mid\West Tour, playing 18 shows across the Mountain Region and Midwest, to finish with a headlining show at Seattle’s historic Tractor Tavern on September 21st. The show will be a special 2nd album release and feature…MORE

by Peggy Sturdivant

Only before the students arrived did Betsy Alexander sit almost still in a chair, holding her violin. Once the young Suzuki students started arriving on a hot Sunday afternoon for the first fall rehearsal of The Top…MORE

What’s a kid in diapers to think?

From the time we arrive and our first toys are offered to us, very likely at least one of them will be some form of a bear. And they are always huggable and cute.

There are, of course, Teddy Bears—…MORE

by Rob Clay and Sharon Burkhart*

From Ohio in 1902, Jacob Ambaum arrived with his wife Mary, found work helping clear land for part of the Cedar River rail line near Renton that same year. He also helped clear the land along SW Roxbury St…MORE

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PARK(ing) Day happens once a year, on the third Friday in September, and is an opportunity for any Seattleite to temporarily turn parking spaces into public places. The event raises awareness about the…MORE

by Katy Wilkens, MS, RDNutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

Frosty ice pops can melt the heat away on a sweltering August day. Make your own healthy pops. They’re perfect for a backyard barbecue or birthday party. Fill…MORE

By Pat Cashman

What’s a kid in diapers to think? From the time we arrive and our first toys are offered to us, very likely at least one of them will be some form of a bear. And they are always huggable and cute.

There are, of course…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

The world has always been thus, as they say. Yin and Yang, good and bad, you name it. We are constantly torn between two opposing forces in life. Religion rose to temper the forces of evil. At the same time that…MORE

By Tim Robinson If you were 5'1", 97 pounds, and a boy who read comic books before schoolwork, you might understand how I became a late bloomer. In the ninth grade everyone I knew was taller than me. Even the girls. My dad was the same way. He…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I’ve read about an alleged “Seattle Chill” for newcomers. In my neighborhood, it’s the opposite, more of a “Ballard Melt.”

On Labor Day, I tried to make it home from Market Street and was waylaid for hours by…MORE