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Is thriftiness part of the Northwest culture?

Having lived in both Mill Creek for six years and now Edmonds for 10, and also having lived in New England for many more years, I thought about how these two areas are alike and are different. …

Transportation budget directs $900 million to ferries

Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed the 2025-2027 state budgets. I’m excited to share that nearly $900 million from the transportation budget will go to capital projects for our ferry system. …

Some updated advice from Plutarch on being a good father

With Father’s Day June 15, let’s turn to the Greek and later Roman citizen Plutarch’s (46-120) fatherly wisdom. What were some of the insights this mentor would share with fathers? …

Traffic cameras could use some improvements

After 18 months of watching a constantly moving target, Mukilteo’s new automated traffic cameras (aka ticket cameras) are live (I think) and busy issuing tickets. I’ll admit, as a …

I am in total agreement with your distaste for our current national anthem (“A vote for singing about America’s best features,” tinyurl.com/y9pcmfzn); however, our reasons for …

I too thought the Letter to the Editor, “We are lucky to live in Mukilteo,” ( tinyurl.com/bd2bapjt ) was a great letter, and I would agree with the writer “No sidewalks, …

Thank you for enjoying the part of my letter (“Sidewalks can help to build community,” tinyurl.com/yjktdsve ) that you did enjoy. I have been walking in and around this town for over 40 …

A vote for singing about America’s best features

Like many people across America, I took a break last week from yard work, cookouts, and visiting with family and friends to attend a Memorial Day ceremony. About 70 people participated in the …

Change and predictability

“Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away …” - Duran Duran Shift. Transform. Adjust. Change comes at us constantly, and each time we shift, transform, or …

A tribute to the good kind of busy

When I retired, I worried I might have too much time on my hands. Boy, was I ever wrong. I made the mistake of discounting my future health issues and how often I might need to schedule a doctor, …

A great Letter to the Editor (“We are lucky to live in Mukilteo,” tinyurl.com/bd2bapjt) until I got to “No sidewalks, hooray!” I did a double take thinking I was misreading …

Hajj is considered the largest gathering in the world, with millions of Muslim pilgrims attending annually. This year, it started on the evening of Wednesday, June 4, and goes through Monday, June 9. …

A tribute to ‘Laugh-In’

Among my favorite TV shows from the past was "Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In." Their form of madness reminded me of my youth when the newest issue of Mad magazine was at the top of my …

Your secret place

I had the gift of growing up in northeast Washington state, deep in the forested hills of Stevens County. The school bus dropped off my siblings and a few neighbor kids three miles from our house. …

Older adults also face mental health issues

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While much of the focus on mental health is targeted at youth and young adults, the older population is also facing a mental health crisis. In November 2023, …

Life’s little inconveniences

This will be a curmudgeonly type of column. It was precipitated by another in the seemly endless little things that simply get in the way of one’s enjoyment of daily life. First example: …

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