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What can keep us together – or apart? | Moment's Notice
Cleave: verb cleaved, or also clove/cleaved, cleft, or cloven To separate or divide, or cause something to separate or divide, often violently; to cut or break into two or more... — Updated 11/16/2023
'But I'm busy' | Moment's Notice
"It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?" – Henry David Thoreau Busy is how most of us begin (and persist through) our days. A... — Updated 11/2/2023
Taking it easy might not be the best choice | Moment's Notice
Lighten up while you still can Don't even try to understand Just find a place to make your stand And take it easy. – The Eagles Many recognize just about every song of the many... — Updated 10/12/2023
What everyday heroes can create | Moment's Notice
“We could be heroes, just for one day.” – David Bowie Walking down a long hallway the other day, looking at statues of important figures from American history, I saw an... — Updated 9/21/2023
To be fair: The middle of fact and fiction | Moment's Notice
“To be fair …” begins many a sentence intended to present the other side of a situation or issue. It is not a phrase we hear much these days, except in jest. If you have not... — Updated 9/7/2023
Better to have loved and lost | Moment's Notice
Loss, noun: The act or an instance of losing; one that is lost; the condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone. “Loss” is a complex word. We only consider... — Updated 8/17/2023
The meaning of the X | Moment's Notice
Editor’s note: We are returning to a column published in October 2021. It seems timely with Elon Musk’s decision to replace “Twitter” with “X.” X – such a dramatic... — Updated 8/2/2023
HOT! HOT! HOT! | Moment's Notice
“It’s hot. It’s like Africa-hot. Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot.” – Eugene Morris Jerome, "Biloxi Blues" “The Pacific Northwest is a temperate climate.... — Updated 7/20/2023
Pride: The fight continues | Moment's Notice
“I am talking to my daughters about things I thought I would be telling them in the past tense, but it is still true today.” – Brandi Carlile Sundays are good days. We always... — Updated 7/1/2023 Full story
Eulogy for a fishhawk, shot in Edmonds
"Birds are mediators between heaven and earth." – Terry Tempest Williams My dad used to hold me in front of the kitchen window of our duplex in the city, and we would watch the... — Updated 6/15/2023
Music is good for your soul – and your health | Moment's Notice
"After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexplicable is music." – Aldus Huxley There is something about a good song. It transports you to a place in time, a... — Updated 6/8/2023
Wouldn't you like to be a grudger, too? | Moment's Notice
grudge v. : to be unwilling to give or admit: give or allow reluctantly or resentfully n. : a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will The other day at a meeting, someone made... — Updated 5/25/2023
Buen provecho: Comfort food in Puerto Rico | Moment's Notice
Imagine your favorite restaurant or café, the place you go when you want to relax or share stories with friends and family. The dishes come, you put your napkin in your lap, pick... — Updated 5/11/2023
Steeped in history: Fancy a cup of tea? | Moment's Notice
“Under certain circumstances, there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” – Henry James Few bites compare to a... — Updated 4/20/2023
Memories of home | Moment's Notice
Growing up, I spent a lot of time reading. My mom would say that hours would go by and they would not see me unless they peeked into my room to find me in a corner, usually sitting... — Updated 3/30/2023
Listen up: Mansplainin', Part II | Moment's Notice
“Most women do not have to think too hard about it, as we are utterly familiar.” – Yours truly, in this column two weeks ago My goodness, I certainly received a lot of... — Updated 3/16/2023
Mansplaining: You know what you need to do | Moment's Notice
"Men explain things to me, and facts do not get in their way" – Rebecca Solnit Molly Tuttle, one of the most extraordinary bluegrass singers, composers, and guitar players, won a... — Updated 3/2/2023
Unidentified objects in magical places | Moment's Notice
“There's a starman waiting in the sky/He's told us not to blow it/'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile” - David Bowie Is there a difference between an unidentified flying... — Updated 2/16/2023
Comfortably numb? | Moment's Notice
Desensitization: noun. The process of reducing or eliminating sensitivity; the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation. I have always said I want to... — Updated 2/2/2023
Starting off the new year … with a cough | Moment's Notice
Before the holidays, we read and heard the reports about a tripledemic, about the virulent flu strains, and about RSV more intense than in past years, not to mention the common cold... — Updated 1/19/2023
Snowy holidays: Delightful, thoughtful | Moment's Notice
Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Like the song says, if the weather has to be... — Updated 12/24/2022 Full story
We know too much to go back and pretend | Moment's Notice
“I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.” – Helen Reddy My mom loves to tell a story from my childhood of one... — Updated 12/8/2022
Thanks for … everything | Moment's Notice
"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” —Willie Nelson Thanks (n) 1: kindly or grateful thoughts: GRATITUDE 2: an expression of gratitude / — ofte... — Updated 11/22/2022
Taking chances | Moment's notice
“Just because I got the Lifetime Achievement Award doesn’t mean I’m done.” – Dolly Parton I avoid fortune tellers, psychics, tarot card readers. It is not because I do or do not believe in their abilities — I do not... — Updated 11/10/2022
What's in a date? | Moment's Notice
Anniversary, celebration, remembrance, birthday, National Day of … Oct. 24 was National Chicken Fried Steak Day, National Day of the Deployed, National Mincemeat, Mule Day, and... — Updated 10/27/2022