Kay is an elderly retired woman on a fixed income living alone with two cats in St. Petersburg, Florida. She understands climate change a lot better now, as so do many of her neighbors. Late …

I like to procrastinate but sadly never seem to get around to it. I had the best intention to write this column a week ago when I organized the workspace on my desk next to my computer. That …

As I sit here writing this worship column, it is exactly one week until the 2024 election. I write, not knowing what the outcome or the response will be following the first reports of numbers coming …

We have a small family of eagles living in the woods behind our house. Almost every day they come down to the pilings on the water in front of us to fish. I thought about life by watching these …

Do you know what today’s Washington Democrats are doing? Today’s Democratic officials and legislators in Washington are nothing like Democrats of yesteryear. They are shockingly …

At its Oct. 21 meeting, the Mukilteo City Council approved the addition of a new “tree retention” chapter to our zoning code that extends the City’s authority over all trees in our …

The importance of screening mammograms cannot be overstated. The statement that “early detection saves lives” is very true.   Simply put, one in eight women in our country …

There is an ancient story about how to capture a monkey. The monkey hunter puts a banana through an open coconut. On one end of the coconut, the hole is large enough for the monkey to grab the …

On Nov. 3 it is once again to turn back our clocks. But why do we  subtract or add an hour to our monthly schedules?   Before 1966 some states played with time and others left it …

Exciting upgrades are happening in Mukilteo! Several major 2024 projects have been completed or are in progress, improving the city’s infrastructure. Here’s a look at some of the …

A mentor of mine died on Aug. 21 of this year and I miss his positive attitude, his warmheartedness, and his many words of wisdom. Last year as he and I were discussing Halloween Joop (Joe) told …

I was watching a 1978 Warren Beatty movie called “Heaven Can Wait.” He plays a man who is taken to heaven by mistake before he was actually due to die. And the rest of the movie is …

I n 2020 just before the pandemic, the Mukilteo School District was one of the few districts in Snohomish County to pass a Capital Bond. A bond requires a 60% supermajority to pass a measure, …

Two weekends ago, our church held one of its semi-annual general conferences. The conference lasts the weekend and a number of the church leaders share messages for our own spiritual growth. …

OK, we’ve all read just about enough on Boeing. Frankly, as a student of business, I can’t open up the newspaper without reading yet another damaging article about Boeing’s …

Music can be a powerful tool to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs. Music can heal and bring about positive changes in well-being. Music therapy began to develop in the 20th …

Former Councilmember Lord shares his preferences for general election The ballots for the 2024 general election are about to arrive in our mailboxes. I want to weigh in on my recommendations for …