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Competitive runner and West Seattle resident Sarah MacKay draws her inspiration from a non-traditional source. It’s not a cheetah, a puma or a gazelle, but a starfish … a species not exactly known for its running prowess.

“I just think…MORE

The day we heard that the Greenwood location of the Department of Licensing was going to close there was a lot of chatter. One friend volunteered that it had been “evil” and another told of her existential crisis when the numbers never advanced.…MORE

Nikita is a Shiba Inu whose, "origin is Japan", explained Al Mizrahi, "where they were bred as small hunters for royalty," and has a very calm demeanor. Mizrahi is not Nikita's actual owner however. His son Anthony is but Mizrahi and his wife…MORE

By Marjorie Young

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” That biblical teaching has been quoted for centuries. Yet, I would challenge that philosophy.

For much of my life, I was eager to share whatever I had, including money…MORE

My friend Wendy dated a man who had a list of criteria that needed to be met before he could consider a woman “partner worthy.” His list contained all such important items such as “red hair” and “big boobs.” He was mildly concerned with the woman…MORE

by Georgie Bright Kunkel

The Seattle World’s Fair, focusing on the future, really stimulated change. The whole period of the nineteen sixties resulted in a new look at fairness and equality. For example, 80 percent of women of…MORE

By Jerry Robinson

 Hurley Ring was chasing moles at the old Earlington Golf Course near Tukwila when I met him in the spring of 1950. His job was to rid the course of pesky varmints. I had five little varmints of my own hoping he would…MORE

By Jeff and Eileen Bidwell

For many passionate gardeners, there is no greater source of joy and inspiration than the sight of hummingbirds and butterflies in the summer garden. After all the digging, composting, planting and garden…MORE

An upstairs apartment in a Ballard duplex that overlooks the playground behind Adams Elementary School is vacant for the first time in 13 years. The anti-war signs that were between the shades and the inside glass for a decade aren’t there…MORE

Dave Hult and Caroline Chao got their dog Riley, whom Hult describes as a, "kind of a mutt, German Shepherd, Rottweiler mix," at the Seattle Animal Shelter on 15th Ave. n.w. in 2004.

He was about a year old when Hult got him and "he was…MORE