Opinion

Sunny days and warm winds put me back in time to days spent pestering fishes on the region’s lakes, streams and saltwater.

One memorable trip was to Neah Bay with a friend and his son and my son, Ken. The boys were about 14. We rented a 16…MORE

The late Seattle Times humor writer Steve Johnston once wrote about attending a parents’ night at his kid’s school with his wife.

Recalling his own school days, Johnston slumped in a chair in the back of the classroom.

Not his wife…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

My study abroad semester in Beijing, China included a program-wide excursion to Yangshuo in southeastern China. For those who know their Chinese geography, Yangshuo is a small county within the Guilin prefecture of Guangxi…MORE

By Jennifer D. Munro

“We couldn’t find any place to eat,” my dad lamented, “so--”

“--we kept going to the QFC deli,” my mom interrupted him. “We went twice in one day. Those Boar’s Head sandwiches are terrific, and--”

“--then…MORE

(Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to Sound Transit and King County Councilmember Julia patterson with a copy to the Highline Times.)

I'm sorry, but I really have to ask....

How is the existing Metro Transit Rapid Ride - A Line…MORE

On behalf of the Highline Historical Society, I'd like to thank everyone involved in the 2013 Highline Garden Tour, held last Saturday (June 8.)

From the gardeners who offer up their unique visions of a verdant paradise and the guest…MORE

Rev. Judith Laxer

The solar peak of the year arrives at the approqching Summer Solstice. When the days are this long, gardeners gladly give more time to the green and growing. It’s a watchful time, a hopeful and beautiful time when the…MORE

It was like a movie. A comedy, I think, now that I recall the decision to take the kids to Disneyland in the summer of 1955.

With school out, we had to think fast on keeping the kids busy. Riding for thousands of miles in a 1951 Chrysler…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

When writing a column, I strive to keep with issues I feel strongly about. After all, if I'm to write an opinion column, it helps me to actually have that opinion. The downside is that I often feel like a one-woman doom…MORE

By Jennifer D. Munro

I know not much about Scandihoovia, although my great-grandmother was a full-blooded Norwegian. It’s no coincidence that this makes me at least 12.5 percent Norweirdish, since I also consider 12.5 percent to be an…MORE