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Imagine, a universe in which people are born with the urge to express their sexuality, and, in my day, believing that you had to put off having children until you graduated from college or trade school.

Many young people aren’t conforming…MORE

Cooper Affleck, 3, of West Seattle, searches for the perfect pumpkin on Tuesday, Sept. 22, the first day of fall.

He shuffled through the fall pumpkin display in front of the new QFC near the Junction.

Westfest was held this past weekend at Holy Rosary School in West Seattle, and included entertainment for the family like a climbing wall

The festival, on Sept. 18 through 20, was run solely by volunteers from Holy Rosary Parish.

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My “new” bicycle and I were born in the same year. The bike, a 1943 J. C. Higgins, recently rode with me from northern Minnesota on a rack on the back of my RV.

It was covered in dirt and grease accumulated over what appeared to be a…MORE

Boo is a pit mix rescue dog that Lauren Kipp found in upstate New York about three years ago.

The two moved across the country in a rental truck and relocated to the Alki area where they walk every day. Boo loves to play with squeaky…MORE

Want to have some fun this weekend AND learn a thing or two? The sixth annual Sustainable Ballard Festival is this coming Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

First, Undrive to get there, which means that if you can avoid using fossil…MORE

"Up" Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Rated PG (Three and one half stars)

“Up,” Pixar Studio’s latest animated feature, almost collapses under the weight of plot exposition before it even has a chance to get started.

The…MORE

For 22 years I have been coming home to Ballard in the fall. After several weeks in the family cottage, home in Seattle feels strange at first until I’m sucked into the pile of unopened mail and old messages.

But the flight west is always…MORE

Many of you may not know that for a number of years I have been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Highline Historical Society.

All of the trustees feel it is a privilege to know and work with one another because we are working on a…MORE

The tools of a woodworker and artist make sense to Dave Lacey. They let him express himself and he likes the idea that they help him strive for structure and stability, he said.

Lacey, who lives in a modest West Seattle home works with…MORE