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 …

Is Westgate Chapel engineering the election? I read the online article in the Beacon regarding Westgate Chapel, “Can Westgate Chapel have voting drop boxes?” about bringing your …

Legends of magic water that would restore one’s youth have been chronicled for thousands of years throughout the world. The search for the Fountain of Youth was made especially prominent in the …

Washington Kids in Transition’s distribution center is providing more support than ever. In addition to the normal emergency food, hygiene, and toiletries items, our focus is slightly …

On Nov. 3 it was 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 …

I don't know which is worse, being completely overwhelmed by the emails I get every single day or being so obsessed with reading way too much digital news. Unfortunately, I seem to be afflicted …

Thanks for the avocado rock I was fixing a tablecloth on a table at the jetty for a wedding. It was windy, so I put some rocks on the tablecloth to hold it down. I went back to get one more …

I think there are far too many people that believe that homemade biscuits from scratch are too difficult, so they resolve to making them from a boxed mix. Nothing could be farther from the truth …

“If you appreciate humans, you should be against anything that’s going against people.” – Keith Haring The MoPOP, or Museum of Pop , opened a special exhibition this …

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 …

Why you should vote no on all four state initiatives How do we sort out fact from all the fiction in the voter’s pamphlet? Looking at sponsors can tell us a lot; that’s the part …

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 …

Why is the City intent on giving up fire service? As a resident of Edmonds, it is mystifying to me why the City is considering abrogating its responsibility in providing fire and EMS services. …

Welcome to this October’s yearly International Association of Dyslexia Awareness Month. There are many professional definitions that describe dyslexia, so depending on how it is defined, social …

There has been much in the news this year about scary cats (or scary cat ladies, to be more specific), but with October upon us, it is time to celebrate why we like to be scared this time of year. …