Ballard - Features

By Nick Twietmeyer

In the basement of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Thursdays and Fridays, you can find a woman by the name of Nancy Rogers, a woman who has been volunteering to feed the homeless for the past 27 years.

Quietly…MORE

By Lindsay Peyton

The first cuff bracelet Margaux Jones made was more like a talisman.

On a whim, she bought some fabric, brought out her old sewing machine and added the word “breathe” to the piece – making an affirmation she…MORE

"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.” ---Miguel de Cervantes

By Pat Cashman

Some years ago (my kids figure it was the…MORE

By Amanda Knox

My sister Deanna observes that Oma and I answer the phone with the same drawn-out and sing-song-y, “Hallooo!” We entertain ourselves in similar ways, dancing whether we have a partner or not, singing aloud whether we know…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant I am one of the orange vest volunteers conducting a street survey of property parcels in Ballard. There are over 60 of us working house-to-house and block-to-block to review pre-1965 structures to see what’s still standing,…MORE

This year’s presidential campaign began with more characters than a Dickens’s novel. Yet, amidst all the debate, rhetoric and blather, not one aspirant so far has said a single word about the terrorism happening in our own backyard. And front…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Reality is better, certainly. At the end of the day, reality is what’s left when all enhanced realities are put away. It used to be easier to tell the difference—art, film, music, playstations—all of these enhanced realities…MORE

By Katy Wilkens

I read recently that Americans throw away about 40 percent of the food they buy, and that if wasted food was its own country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the world! That made me sad…MORE

By Pat Cashman While recorded history stretches farther back than a yoga instructor, it does not go back far enough to tell us the name of the person who invented the yard sale. Maybe it was a Cro-Magnon man who decided to unload a bunch of…MORE

In Norway, flowers are not only given at funerals: they are a way of life for some. Each spring flowers mark end of winter and the arrival of light. Colorful and luxurious, flowers bring joy and renewed life: they are a cause for celebration.…MORE