"Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites"
Anyone who loves Seattle or wants to know its history has been given a great gift—Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites...
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Apr 23, 2023
"Mount Rainier National Park, An Artist’s Tour" By Molly Hashimoto; Skipstone
Molly Hashimoto has done it again! She has created a beautiful book on Mount Rainier that will appeal to all who see this mountain as the...
Leschi Council
Nov 21, 2021


Seattle, Past to Present—book review
Seattle, Past to Present, by Roger Sale, introduction by Knute Berger University of Washington Press (December 15, 2019) I will apologize...
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Jan 1, 2020
Birds of the West—book review
Birds of the West An Artist’s Guide by Molly Hashimoto This is an exquisite book! It would be a wonderful gift for either a bird lover or...
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Jun 1, 2019


Recommended Reading
Remembering things you didn’t know you had forgotten is the magic that comes from smelling braided sweetgrass. On a recent trip to the...
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May 1, 2019


Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle
Murray Morgan is back. The region’s favorite historian and an award-winning journalist, Morgan (1916 – 2000) is the author of more than...
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Apr 1, 2019


Climate Change: Artists Getting on Board
I have been reading a book called Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life, A Tar Sands Tale, by Matt Hern and Am Johal, with wonderful...
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Apr 1, 2019


Madrona Resident Susan McCormick’s New Book
Granny Can’t Remember Me is a children’s picture book recently published by long-time Madrona resident, Susan McCormick. The book is a...
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Oct 1, 2018


Book Review: Chief Seattle
Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound By David M. Buerge...
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Sep 1, 2018


Book Review: Curious Kids Nature Guide
Curious Kids Nature Guide: Explore the Amazing Outdoors of the Pacific Northwest, By Fiona Cohen, illustrated by Marni Fylling, published...
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Apr 1, 2018


Homage to the Power of the Bird Brain
Book Review: The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, April 2016 by Penguin Press Last winter we began to hear, on dark evenings, the...
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Jan 1, 2018


Book Review: A Fine Mess
Editor's Note: This month our usual book critic, Anne Depue, is off enjoying warmer climes: Italy! To appease your search for mental...
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Nov 1, 2017