Opinion

I do not have fine motor skills. I cannot cut a snowflake out of paper, even using a pattern. I abuse scissors by cutting inappropriate materials or opening wooden crates. But from when I saw the first poster for the Nordic Heritage Museum’s “…MORE

Editor’s note: Harland Eastwood substitutes for Jerry Robinson this week.

By Harland Eastwood SPECIAL TO THE HIGHLINE TIMES

During the afternoon of November 17, 1955, a heavy, wet snow started to fall all over the Seattle area. The…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I love that we in West Seattle do an official Community Garage Sale Day. Whoever decided to get that started near a decade ago, very nice. Consider this my vote for more and varied community events in the future.

I'…MORE

A little over a year ago I ran into then Ballard News-Tribune news reporter/online editor Anne Marije Rook at the Ballard Bartell’s. I pulled out my camera, already considered vintage digital, and showed her a photograph of the Egan’s Ballard…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I want to start off by saying, my goodness, the weather has been gorgeous lately! An uncanny amount of sun, a bit of precipitation to remind us, yes, we do still live in the northwest – indeed, I do call that gorgeous. I…MORE

By Rev. Judith Laxer

As a gardener, you engage with seeds twice during the year. Late Autumn for the gathering from what is dying and late Spring for the sowing of what will grow. You’ve been preparing the beds for the last few months,…MORE

By Corbin Lewars

I, like many other adolescent girls, had a fascination with all things equine. I was fortunate to have a best friend who owned a horse and had access to a stable of horses. One day, this friend and I were living our dream…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

It’s possible that Ralph Paulette has not been holding court at the counter of Three Girls Bakery on 15th Ave NW any more than usual in the last months, but he has been there every single time I’ve stopped in over the…MORE

I know that Mother's Day is this Sunday so I need to write about the World's Champion Mother... my mom.

What was so great about her? Let me count the ways.

She had ten kids. With the help of my dad, of course. I was number eight. He…MORE

SeaTac’s Julia Patterson has been a major force in Highline and South King County as an elected official on the municipal, state and county levels for almost a quarter of a century.

King County Council vice chair Patterson announced on…MORE