Ballard - Features

By Bob Jepperson

Twelve year old Ruth Andersen skimmed across the frosty surface at the Ballard Ice Arena wearing the hockey skates that her mother bought for her at the Goodwill store. Ruth loved figure skating with her girlfriends, and…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I was watching an old movie on TV a couple of nights ago. A gangster was being pursued by the cops---aren’t they always? So he went to a plastic surgeon and got his face changed. They do it all the time in the movies.…MORE

By Amanda Knox

I realize that in many of my most recent columns—engaging with subjects like grief, political frustration, introspection, stillness—I may be coming across as a bit of a Debbie Downer. No, I don’t suffer from SAD (seasonal…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I’m still confused about the pony. That sentence sums up what was either an extraordinary day in Ballard or the new normal. In which the senior center is packed for lunch because of the visiting Seahawks contingent, men…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Yoga taught me that a full breath comes in four parts. Breathe in, pause, breathe out, pause. The all important pauses are ever easily glossed over by the eager amateur, like myself.

It’s a weakness of mine,…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Persimmons are fruits that ripen late in the fall, hanging like bright orange lanterns on small trees among the autumn leaves. There are three basic kinds of Asian persimmons: the Fuyu, which looks like a pumpkin…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I have not thought of the short-lived early 1970s sitcom “Love American Style” since before it went off the air. Yet today its theme song came into my head prompted by a Texas accent and an unusual love story.

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By Amanda Knox

I remember the first time I voted. It was 1996, I was nine-years-old, and it was over the phone, to participate in the Nickelodeon Kids Pick the President telethon. At the time, I was about as political as I was religious,…MORE

Seattle Seahawk player Kevin Smith stopped by St. Alphonsus Parish School last Tuesday as part of a one-day food drive to support the University District Food Bank. St. Alphonsus students and parents donated canned food and gathered in the…MORE

Tonight the Ballard High School boys basketball team opens their home schedule vs. a talented Franklin HS Quakers team at 7pm.

In addition to the game, Ezell’s Famous Chicken will have their food truck at the BHS gym from 4:30-8pm, with $…MORE