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09/28/11--11:14: From Vashon to Ballard: The Bard (chan 2088935)

Ballard News-Tribune. September 28, 2011 Bard in the Ballard Yard I had been summoned by a friend, but chanced upon the play. How could I not notice sheets strung as stage curtains across a back yard, people arriving with food, four girls sitting in a canoe and someone in a bicycle helmet about to make [...]


10/07/11--09:54: Celebrating Josh Fattal’s freedom in Ballard (chan 2088935)

A Reason to Party from Ballard News-Tribune. October 5, 2011 The residents at Ballard Landmark on Leary Way enjoy a good party and the management loves to oblige them with at least one themed event per month. But on Monday, September 26th it was short-term residents Carroll and Muriel Fellaman who insisted on throwing a [...]


10/24/11--12:43: Active cases; cold trails (chan 2088935)

Ballard News-Tribune. October 19, 2011 Still Searching Driving south on Shilshole Avenue I saw the unmistakable orange of a smashed pumpkin on the side of the road. Just like that it took me back ten years to when the pumpkin on our porch was stolen and reappeared as pulp in the street. Ten years ago [...]


11/09/11--16:24: The “Inside Story” (chan 2088935)

Ballard News-Tribune. November 9, 2011 Inside Books I’m planning a November 18th event to showcase Ballard Writers that will combine timed readings with food, wine, signings and props. More on that later. In preparation, I attended the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) Inside Story event held last week in Ballard–the better to [...]


11/09/11--16:41: John Helde: Ballard Filmmaker (chan 2088935)

Just for the record when I asked John to call me before he went for a run and then stood in the street watching and waiting with my camera I knew I was a little crazy. Then I made him run back and forth a few times. “Hey, you’re directing me,” he said. Ballard News-Tribune [...]


11/16/11--16:34: Ballard vs Freedom of Speech (chan 2088935)

These Ballard students restored my faith in the positive power of journalism. Ballard News-Tribune. November 15, 2011 The Paper It was hard to tell if the level of excitement in the Ballard High School classroom was out of the ordinary for the daily meeting of the school’s Talisman newspaper staff. Two young women, both blond, [...]


11/17/11--17:36: Ballard Writers’ Book Slam on November 18 (chan 2088935)

Once again I’ve been so busy putting up flyers, sending out press releases and picking up the programs I almost forgot to announce this event here. On Friday, November 18th it’s the second annual showcase for Ballard Writers. An event I’m calling a literary smorgasbord (yup, writers are bringing food). I haven’t counted today but [...]


11/28/11--16:58: Surviving the Locks (chan 2088935)

Sorry I didn’t get this cross-posted from BNT before Thanksgiving. I was too busy getting fitted for my own pair of indispensable XtraTuf boots. All photos by Laura K. Cooper. To see the photo gallery on the Ballard News-Tribune click here. Ballard News-Tribune. November 23, 2011 Tie Down Your Lines No one died during the [...]


12/01/11--10:55: Ballard Eagles Drill Team: 50 Years of Sisterhood (chan 2088935)

Ballard News-Tribune. 2011-11-30 Sisterhood It was joyful. That’s the only word to describe the 50th reunion of the Ballard Eagles 172 Drill Team. Girls in party dresses were flocking between tables like a type of exotic bird that comes in all sizes. Women were recognizing each other from childhood and then linking arms into group [...]


12/08/11--11:08: Car Talk and Toast in Ballard (chan 2088935)

It’s always a double-shot. The coffee is from Lighthouse, the bread is from Great Harvest and Jeanette is from Sweden. What could be more perfect? Ballard News-Tribune 2011-12-07 Car Talk and Toast Along the corridors of my college dormitory there were confidences exchanged and friendships formed that we thought would last forever. Some did; some [...]


12/09/11--13:10: Ballard Writers Tonight 12.9.11 (chan 2088935)

I’ll let the photo speak for itself but write out the words in case they’re too small. As it says in the window of Secret Garden Books: You do some really local shopping when choose a book by a Ballard author! Stop by Friday the 9th between 7 & 8 p.m. – meet some of [...]


12/31/11--11:46: Mr. Jeff and The Legend (chan 2088935)

You haven’t seen cute till you’ve seen a toddler in XtraTuf boots. Ballard News-Tribune. Printed December 18, 2011 Meet Mr. Jeff I dreamed I was sorting through a big box of Atlas palm gloves, the ones with Latex on one side. They were in all colors and sizes. It wasn’t hard to trace this dream [...]


12/31/11--11:57: Ring it again, Ballard (chan 2088935)

Can you tell I’m catching up with this blog before the end of the year? I don’t even know if there are any SeattlePI.com readers out there anymore. But what the heck. This photo by Laura K. Cooper needs to be shared. Ballard News-Tribune. December 28, 2011 Ring in the new It seems fitting that [...]


01/16/12--16:43: Developing Sunset Hill and 24th NW – Meeting Rescheduled to 1.25 (chan 2088935)

To cut to the chase in case my wordiness scares you off, there will be a community meeting a 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25th at Sunset Hill Community Club, 3003 NW 66th Street to discuss developing the site currently occupied by three businesses and apartments (best known as location of Sunset Hill Green Market). [...]


01/23/12--09:46: Dickens event on Tuesday the 24th (chan 2088935)

Dickens & Dessert is on Tuesday, January 24th at NW Senior Center in Ballard. Ballard News-Tribune. January 18, 2012 A Character Actor for All Seasons From Random House Dictionary of the English Language. Copyright 1987: “Stentorian, adjective, very loud or powerful in sound, usually describing a voice, from Homer’s Iliad, Stentor, a Greek herald with [...]