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A few weeks ago I did a column on my boyhood dream of becoming a big leaguer. I told about a special bat I acquired from a nice lady on my paper route; how it belonged to her son who had not returned from the war. How the bat was split by a…MORE

I can’t say I was a very good Girl Scout, despite spending my elementary and part of my junior high years in troops and camps. But one thing stuck: the proverbial two word motto that all Girls Scouts know: Be prepared.

I think about this…MORE

Like many of you, we were outdoors on 10-29 and saw yet another remarkable sunset as the cloud cover varied from, well, if you are a meteorologist or just know a lot about clouds, you tell us. All we know is that it was beautiful and we got…MORE

While the trauma suffered by stroke victim Riley Jackson is not contagious, some may find his smile and carefree attitude toward it transmittable. And although Jackson, 75, a West Seattle resident with a home perched above the Fauntleroy Ferry,…MORE

Arson investigator Ronald Ready has pretty much seen it all when it comes to heat. Over the course of his 27 years with the Seattle Fire Department, 20 of those in the Arson and Fire Investigations Unit, he has investigated over 2500 fires and…MORE

Trick or treating can sometimes be a hit or miss depending who's got the candy and of course who's got the most. Westwood Village is out to make sure their event is a hit this year.

They've purchased enough to keep all 40 participating…MORE

Ingraham High School students carved pumpkins for Seattle Police Department's North Precinct Office.

The pumpkins are now sitting in front of the north precinct.

If you "accused" West Seattle's Fred Matthews of being a philosopher, the humble Westwood resident might bristle, and say instead that he considers himself a retiree who simply likes to teach. He is armed with a Master of Divinity degree from the…MORE

Larry is a black Labrador Retriever mix and he lives with Carla Butzerin in the North Admiral neighborhood. He's only been with her for about 18 months even though he is almost ten years old because her sister's son was afraid of him. He's a…MORE

Introducing my parents to my boyfriends has never been an easy thing to do. Something about being forty-one years old makes it even more awkward. Add in that even after three years, my divorce is still a relatively taboo subject, my father still…MORE