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It’s been over two weeks since my unfortunate adventure in the Seattle I-5 express tunnel on my way to a youth soccer game in Tukwila. It was the last day of March. Rear-ended by... — Updated 4/24/2019

My plan for last Saturday included a leisurely morning at home, followed by a sunny drive to watch my West Seattle grandson Adam play soccer in Tukwila. Tukwila is not my first... — Updated 4/10/2019

Tuesday was our warmest winter day on record. Ever! Perhaps it’s easier to think of gratitude when the sun is shining – though I also enjoy clouds and rain and the rare snow in... — Updated 3/22/2019

I enjoy packing for a trip. I know other people who enjoy that task, too, and I know some who say they dislike it, totally. As to people who enjoy unpacking after they return home,... — Updated 3/8/2019

The 91st Academy Awards extravaganza – also known as the Oscars – takes place this Sunday, offering hours of entertainment in a Hollywood theater filled with glitz and glamour.... — Updated 2/23/2019

This morning, my grandson Adam texted me three photos taken from inside his family’s West Seattle home, views of the snow-covered front yard and street. Adam’s ecstatic... — Updated 2/10/2019

The NFL football games last weekend presumably pleased people, but I am among the thousands disappointed by the outcomes of both. As to Feb. 3, Super Bowl Sunday, I’ll admit that... — Updated 1/29/2019 Full story

I sit in the big chair in the living room, holding my laptop. The computer makes it uncomfortably crowded for my Siamese cat Mocha to wedge in next to me, where she prefers to be.... — Updated 1/13/2019 Full story

Christmas Eve morning. Sunny and bright, with puffy clouds in a pale blue sky. It was 47 degrees, probably much colder where I stood on the beach north of the ferry dock, watching... — Updated 1/2/2019 Full story

I’ve shared childhood Christmas memories often through my years of writing this column. Right now, I’m remembering my mother early in December, eager to unpack her boxes of... — Updated 12/19/2018

I’ve been thinking about several unrelated events of the past weekend. First, I write this on Veterans Day, grateful for those who have served their country, my country.... — Updated 11/19/2018

My father, Loren Bradbury, played football at Yakima High School during the early 1930s. Watching him play in the first football game of the season her sophomore year, my mother,... — Updated 10/24/2018

My cat Mocha and I sometimes have lengthy conversations. She appears before me, looks up with her blue Siamese eyes and says, “Meow.” Sometimes I say, “What do you want?... — Updated 9/7/2018

My granddaughter Annika is a great mix of sweet kid, fine student and girly-girl with a fondness for make-up, a mercurial 15-year-old delight – and active 4-H club member. And... — Updated 8/24/2018

I’ve enjoyed the company of cats since I was 7 years old and moved with my family to Edmonds. I do not recall how we acquired our big tabby cat Butch – or who named him. I have... — Updated 8/9/2018

My mother was 16 years old in 1924 when she wrote in pencil in a tiny notebook about a family vacation – a vacation combining a camping trip and a Rawleigh convention. My grandpa,... — Updated 7/27/2018

Today I unpacked a stained-glass light fixture my parents bought in the early 1960s to hang over their dining table in the home they built for their retirement on Camano Island. I... — Updated 7/1/2018

Somehow, June is half over, and I have not prepared and planted the 15 or so pots on my deck. In the fall, I pulled up spent plants and left the pots to await spring, at which time... — Updated 6/15/2018 Full story

Spring in northern Idaho means green pastures and blue skies – and time for a visit to my son Brad and his family. It had been way too long since I’d been to see them, so I... — Updated 6/1/2018

Mother’s Day was one of my favorite days when I was a child. My brother Warren and I sometimes brought home oddly shaped clay gifts we made at school. (Ashtrays? Bird nests?... — Updated 5/18/2018

Edmonds United Methodist Church became my church home when I returned to Edmonds over a dozen years ago, after forty-some years away. When I was a child, my family attended the old... — Updated 4/20/2018 Full story

I love the Sno-Isle Libraries system – and especially the Edmonds Library! I loved the old Edmonds Carnegie Library from the day of my first visit, when I was 7. Thousands of peopl... — Updated 4/8/2018 Full story

On the day after Christmas, a dear member of my writing group died. Edythe lived in southern Oregon, but was a participant in the Edmonds group we call the Writing Sisters. She was... — Updated 2/9/2018

Last weekend, I attended a church retreat. In retrospect, I realize that during the weekend I sometimes felt a bit like a little kid at summer camp, free and at ease with everyone... — Updated 1/28/2018

In my most recent column, I wrote about the Christmas when I was 6 years old and found a shiny new blue bike parked by the Christmas tree, next to a matching one for my 8-year-old... — Updated 11/20/2017