Opinion

By Kyra-lin Hom

Some weeks I struggle for column topics. No matter how I wrack my brain, I just can't get impassioned about anything. And then some weeks, for better or for worse, inspiration falls into my lap.

This week, at…MORE

By Marjorie Young

Since my previous column dealt with the (thankfully rare) ‘darker’ side of my work, I’ve received requests to describe more ‘uplifting’ episodes. My only challenge; having so many amazing incidents to choose from.

By Peggy Sturdivant

There’s a bulletin board just past the yoga room at Ballard Health Club. From it, looking right at me after class, was the face of a young man, his fair skin especially pale against a gray backdrop. “My name is Asher,”…MORE

By Tim RobinsonASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

(Editor’s Note: Tim Robinson is filling in for Jerry Robinson this week.)

The publisher is busy this week writing his first book, again. It is called "Do as I say, not as I did."
 I think he was…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Hello again, everyone. I apologize for my absence last week. The cough I had been holding off for several days made a final charge to devastating effect. I was rendered rather witless without warning and was thus unable to…MORE

No one likes to pay the piper but our state is in dire need of some rehab on our bridges and roads. I don’t mind paying to cross Lake Washington or even the Narrows Bridge to get back from Gig Harbor. With all the talk lately of tolls and Good-To…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I no sooner set foot over the threshold at Secret Garden Books than Events Coordinator Suzanne Perry held up a piece of paper to me like a Russian figure skating judge, proclaiming, “This is big!”

After being out…MORE

By Rev. Judith Laxer

There is always something to do in the garden, especially in the height of summer. Weeding, watering, watching. If you sharpen your ability to notice and observe, you’ll find that July usually offers surprises. Some…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

My family lives back east, including my sister and three nieces, sharing a cottage in the summer with my parents. My nieces often pronounce me 100% more hilarious than their own mother. They love to watch me tease their…MORE

By Ken RobinsonMANAGING EDITOR(Editor’s Note: Ken Robinson is substituting for Jerry Robinson this week.)

In New York City, standing on the podium next to Katie Couric and other luminaries of the broadcast world, Tony Miner was about to…MORE