Sword fern, polystichum munitum: It carpets the lush forests of the Pacific Northwest; it is one of the crown jewels of our native plant kingdom. While it is easy to grow and ubiquitous in our landscapes, natural and human made, it is beloved, giving the lie to the notion that familiarity breeds contempt.
My dad’s parents’ farm on Little Finn Hill in Kirkland was very much like Riverton Heights in the late ’30s, as they were definitely country. When we visited mom’s parents in Madison Park, it felt like a big city to me.
After launching a new career as a professional cider maker and cidery owner over four years ago, single dad and West Seattle resident Chris Brownrigg is now growing his operations by moving to Interbay.
While in Riverton Heights, Washington, we young tykes witnessed the aftermath of the Depression, where many Japanese families lost their farms and had to live in their cars or trucks. The parents continued looking for work picking fruit and vegetables while trying hard to keep their kids in school.
Valentine’s Day stimulates all kinds of thoughts about love.
After more than a year of little activity because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Madrona Community Council has re-emerged as the Madrona Neighborhood Association and is ready to resume activities in the community.
The small size of McGilvra Elementary, the kindergarten-fifth grade school in Madison Park, has always been considered an asset among parents, but the school is now in a precarious position because of shrinking enrollment.
Winter in the Pacific Northwest allows us to see nature disrobed.
The winter of 1942 was dark, cold and damp. Our lives had been turned upside down. We were at war and we had no TV, iPhone, Gameboy, social media, podcasts or jazz stations for diversion.
Tickets are on sale for the Broadway tour of “Freestyle Love Supreme” premiering in Seattle at Seattle Rep from Feb. 16 to March 13 on the Bagley Wright Stage
THE PAST: 1969-1970, Tongdu-Cheon, Korea. In those days, The Republic of Korea was an impoverished nation, still recovering from the war.
It was all quiet on the Ave in Madison Park one mid-winter in the early '50s. Usually the two popular taverns, the Attic and the Red Onion, were heard before they were seen.
While many residents at Aegis Living Madison assisted living facility haven’t performed in a choir for years, they are getting a second chance of sharing their love for music and singing as members of a recently formed choir.
Aegis on Madison celebrated Veterans Day with music, the assisted living facility’s new choir, poems and patriotism.
Mayor Jenny Durkan signed legislation in October that paves the way for construction of an indoor sporting facility in Interbay that will serve as a practice center for the Seattle Storm.