Opinion

By Amanda Knox

As I take up the reins of Kyra-lin Hom’s weekly column, I am riding a warm wave of romanticism after reading the story of another columnist of a local paper, albeit a fictional one—the unnamed protagonist of Gabriel Garcia…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

One of the most bizarre things about time is its inflexibility. Scientifically speaking, time is relative. It can be distorted by gravity, speed (of light), and scale – shrink down to the quantum level and time as we…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I had the joy of watching Pixar's new film Inside Out in theaters this week. It's an adorable, clever, moral-driven story about the complex emotional life of an eleven year old girl. The main characters are quite literally…MORE

By Marjorie Young

As someone with a decidedly spiritual bent, it is my heartfelt aim to take the ups and downs of life in stride, knowing not only that there are invariably lessons to be taught, but that a degree of detachment will always…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

In my mother’s day having eleven children was usually not conducive to having a career outside the home. In fact, many careers were not open to married women, period. After my mom was widowed with ten children,…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Please excuse me for a moment, while I interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you a little #SaveHannibal and a reflection on the changing nature of television entertainment.

In the beginning,…MORE

By Marjorie Young

Dreams have fascinated us from the beginning. Traditionally, profound importance was attached to them, and any who might successfully interpret their hidden meaning came to be highly regarded. In the Old Testament, Joseph…MORE

He sits alone on a bench embedded in the sands of Golden Gardens Park. Is it both sadness and complacent joy he reflects? What does he see out there over the water? It cannot be only mountains. But, I will not ask him:

A wilderness is…MORE

By Amanda Kay Helmick

West Seattle has been working to resolve its transportation challenges for 125 years. We initiated Puget Sound's first ferry service in 1888 and we built America's first municipally funded commuter rail system in 1906…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

This last week, I had the wonderful experience of being awoken by a phone call from an unidentified number. For months now, I've received several of these mystery calls. I generally refuse to answer – automatically…MORE