Opinion

Recently while traveling through airports in America I was struck by the “Headline News” that seem to be a fixation for much of the news media, and presumably the nation, about a recent parochial school graduate who has excelled as an “Indoor…MORE

I missed the 45th reunion of my Highline High Class of 1965 last week. It was a low-key affair at Lake Burien School Park held during a Music in the Parks concert.

But our big 5-0 reunion is lurking in five years.

Among other 50th…MORE

I am up at five. Read paper. Go on computer to write. Open mail.

Beth comes downstairs, reads paper in prone position on couch

First thing, I make coffee while my love takes her pills.

I find small pot to boil some eggs…MORE

Smugness and I told you so aren’t exactly conversation starters. It is, however, hard to not be a little smug and to remind you that I told you so when I consider the state you must be in on the mornings that you commute by car from West Seattle…MORE

I am writing this within walking distance of Horace Mann’s birthplace ,and I hope that I do not disturb his legacy too much, but I think that it is time that we re-examine what Horace had in mind and how this may have become distorted by “Mission…MORE

By Leslie Kasper, DVM

Why should I spay or neuter my dog or cat?

Dogs and cats that have not been "fixed" are likely to bite, leave the yard, get hit by car, and encounter other hazards. Pets that are left intact have a natural…MORE

Big Tomatoes

For many years I had been in competition with my brother-in-law in Portland in raising tomatoes. Big Tomatoes.

He was very good and regularly trounced me by raising huge beefsteaks using his secret fertilizer and some…MORE

Meet Bill and Margie Ellis Forty years ago Bill Ellis was selling houses on Sunland golf course in Sequim and twenty years ago Margie was acting in stage plays at Carco Theatre in Renton.

Now they are living full time in Sequim and Bill is…MORE

"One thing that should not be taxed is a walk in the park," said state Sen. Karen Keiser of the 33rd Legislative District. "I've learned in Olympia that nothing's ever over - it's just another chapter."

The year was 2003 when I wrote that…MORE

Let's play a math game - okay? What's the difference between $99 and $25? How about $118.95 and $25?

So, do you want to know what in the blue blazes I'm talking about? I'm talking about the price differences of having a key made at…MORE