A just released study on diet sodas suggests that the no-cal or low-cal versions may be kinder to your waistline but bad for your heart and even your head.
I must confess, one of my guilty pleasures is eating at McDonald’s. I like to go inside, get my food and watch the mothers with their toddlers.
The paintings of Georgia O’Keefe taught us a lot about bones in the desert, but there’s more to learn, and more to think our way into. Here’s a fine poem by Jillena Rose, who lives in Michigan.
May 13-19 has been designated as National Women’s Health Week to emphasize the importance of women taking steps for longer, healthier and happier lives. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health recommends women:
Last week my neighbor and I were doing the neighborly thing and chatting over the fence about the upcoming hot weather. Then she said, “Remember when the kids would be outside playing in little swimming pool all day?” Aahh, simpler times; the days when the kids were small, had less of an opinion and finding them a pool of water made me a good parent.
Campers don’t have to wait much longer for campfires, s’mores and star-filled nights. The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest will open most campgrounds before Memorial Day weekend, by May 24.
The Rainier Youth Choirs “Made in America” concert will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 SE 248th St., Kent. The concert features RYC’s three youth choirs singing traditional American folk tunes and songs created by American composers with guest instrumentalists on banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and bass. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.rainieryouthchoirs.org for $12/$10 or for $15/$12 at the door.
Munch free pizza, play games and talk about great books when you join us after school in the Black Diamond Elementary School Library.
It took a full seven weeks to find the North Cascades Highway beneath what, in places, added up to 60 feet of snow. Crews and drivers celebrated at noon Thursday, as both east and west side gates swung open just in time for a forecasted sunny spring weekend and Winthrop’s annual 49’er Days festival.
Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), a poisonous weed to people and animals, can currently be found growing throughout Washington state.
Kentwood’s upcoming drama production of the musical “Man of La Mancha” will feature an unusual literary device — a play within a play.
Maple Valley natives Mark Hooton and Alex Silvi, the members of the band Stand In Motion, have been doing anything but in the past year.
“Just a little bit.” Those are four words every mother wants to hear from her teenage daughters on a beautiful spring day in answer to the question “Do you have homework?” Those were the words I heard this bright and beautiful Sunday morning, which meant they had time to do something else today. My garden was calling to me and because of some current health issues, I needed some able bodies out there to do what I couldn’t.
“Just a little bit.” Those are four words every mother wants to hear from her teenage daughters on a beautiful spring day in answer to the question “Do you have homework?” Those were the words I heard this bright and beautiful Sunday morning, which meant they had time to do something else today. My garden was calling to me and because of some current health issues, I needed some able bodies out there to do what I couldn’t.
Dana Gioia, who served as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, did a marvelous job of bringing the arts to Americans, arguably the best job that anyone in that position has done. He was a fine poet before he took that job, and he is a fine poet after. Here’s an example of his recent work.
A vindictive widow, an embittered spouse and a spoiled brat don’t sound like fairy tale creatures, but in Tahoma’s upcoming production of the musical “Into the Woods,” these characters are brought to life.
It will be the fourth Tahoma musical directed by Melissa Corby, who directed last year’s production of “Children of Eden.”
Tahoma High held a dress rehearsal for its upcoming production of the musical “Into the Woods” on Monday.
Every night I wait as long as possible. I can’t usually make it past five; actually, I usually can’t make it much past dinner and we eat by 3:30-4 p.m. Sometimes I don’t even wait until the dishes are done before I change into my pajamas.
The YWCA will host their financial education classes, Hope and Power for Your Personal Finances for victims/survivors of domestic violence May 29 through July 31 in a confidential location in South King County.
Scientists in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington are launching a project today which will allow them to monitor local bee populations, and they need your help.
