Citizen Scientists Discover the World and Help it, Too
“You can identify the birds in your backyard on the designated day,” read the email. “And then send me the count...
How to Build a Better Old Age
Declaring its intent “to make Seattle a great place for people to grow up and grow old,” in March 2017, the City of Seattle...
A Legacy Deferred
For the first time in 66 years, Washington Rhinestone Club debutantes will miss this rite of passage. The year was 2004....
When Experience Counts
Boomers Lead the Charge Against COVID-19 in Washington State It was an audacious coronavirus-related question eliciting...
Finding Hope in 2020
Oddly enough, I’m finding cause for optimism amid the turmoil and trauma of 2020. I have a new-found optimism that the...
Blinded by the White
“Until we are all free, none of us are free.” —Emma Lazarus, 19th-century Jewish activist, poet, and author I have...
The Unsung Heroes of Caregiving
An Aging Population, Pandemic, and Politics Makes a Tough Job Even Harder Kathy Herigstad was 60 years old during her...
Call of the Wild
Connie Gallant likes to say she learned how to speak English by watching Bonanza. She was born in Cuba, grew up in Boston,...
Amid Blight, Life Blooms
Several years ago, I almost lost my vision, and after a surgery suggestive of medieval torture, my recovery unfolded in the...
My Third Act—Saving Tarboo Creek, My Unexpected Journey from Academia to Activist
About three years ago I decided to retire early from my job teaching biology at the University of Washington. I had a plan:...
