Ballard - Features

When people hear Electroconvulsive Therapy or “shock therapy” the iconic scene of Jack Nicholson being strapped down and shocked in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest might come to mind. The scene is an exaggeration of course, but it also could not…MORE

By Amanda Knox

The paparazzi like to describe their relationship with celebrities as symbiotic, and when you look at the Kardashians, that seems like a reasonable way to frame it. But just because a few socialites have learned to exploit…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“I’m going back to work next Monday,” Evelyn Gardner told me, “It’s going to seem so good.” Not just any Monday back to work as she’s been home for several weeks after a fall. The 93 year-old can’t wait to return to her…MORE

By Katy G. Wilkens

According to the dialysis patients I work with at Northwest Kidney Centers, the high-salt food they miss the most on their medically restricted diet is bacon. The smoky-sweet salty flavor improves the taste of lots of…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“This is what Medicare looks like,” Mary Jean Gilman said while digging the south slope of the Ballard P-Patch. She was on high ground by an apple tree while below other P-Patch volunteers wrestled a stump into a…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

There’s a Wall of Recognition on the first floor of Ballard High School with photographs of alumni who have distinguished themselves in the outside world. Their work may have been in laboratories, film studios,…MORE

By Sarah Cecil

As you know by now, the United Kingdom (U.K.) has voted to leave the European Union. The “Brexit” vote is expected to have major implications for Britain’s trade and economic relationships – but how might it affect you, as…MORE

While attending Ballard High School, John McCants never thought that paying attention in math class would one day help him succeed in real estate investment, but he found out knowing the numbers is the foundation to making good real estate…MORE

By Katy Wilken

It’s almost Independence Day, and that means we’ll see a lot of red, white and blue foods in grocery stores. An online search for “Fourth of July recipes” comes back with loads of them, including blue pasta, red and blue…MORE

What was I thinking? I’m sure that is going through a lot of minds in the Ballard households that have agreed to open their gardens and homes to the ticket-buying public over the course of the June 25-26 weekend.

Sustainable Ballard’s 8th…MORE