Opinion

With the State sanctioning marijuana and Costco influencing the vote to sell liquor I, am reminded of my own years of living with an alcoholic father and why I became a pipe smoker, albeit with some amphora tobacco and not the mind altering seeds…MORE

By Marjorie Young

I wrote previously on the theme of ‘inner guidance,’ and the necessity of heeding it. I know many who’ve experience it, even while disowning any claim of being ‘psychic.’ Here are a few examples.

The following…MORE

By Sheila Lengle

Sarah and I started planning the event back in January. It was to be staged in her amazing garden that overlooks the Puget Sound. Due to scheduling issues, the date got pushed back from one in the summer to the first…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

TIME Magazine's most recent issue (October 7, 2013) sports a rather creepy cover of three children wearing black college caps and gowns with the headline “Class of 2025: How they'll learn and what they'll pay” by Jon…MORE

By Simone Alicea My mother often tells me that if I ever put her in a nursing home, her ghost will haunt me for the rest of my days. It was this threat I had in mind when my editor asked me to write a piece on food in retirement homes.

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By Peggy Sturdivant

I cannot explain why I have always wanted to take advantage of Seattle’s participation in the international event whereby parking spaces can be turned into popup parks every year on the third Friday of September. Mine…MORE

By Rev. Judith Laxer

September arrived suddenly. Serious harvesting and preserving continues. The season demands our attention or all will be for nothing. Like how the worms got to two of my three apple trees before I did. If, like me, you…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

When I called they already knew my name. When I arrived they had flowers for me. How many of us have people waiting for our call that we don’t even know about?

Several folks had suggested that I do a column on a…MORE

By Lee Ryan

We appear to have an epidemic on our hands. There’s something in our food, water or atmosphere that’s causing an over abundance of saliva.

What I don’t understand is that most everyone that I know, personally, does not…MORE

By Lee Ryan

– Actor, Mark Ruffalo, recently sent a letter to a rally at a Mississippi abortion clinic. The organizers are touting “Reproductive Rights.” It sounds so noble, doesn’t it – asking for rights?

Here is the abbreviated…MORE