Author Archives: Jim deMaine

First Hill Mega-Project: St. James Cathedral Makes Deal with “Visionary” Developer

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary M. for finding this article. The neighborhood is facing yet another very large building! 🙁 Westbank will purchase the building which contains St. James’ pastoral outreach center at 907 Columbia as well as the archdiocesan chancery around … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, environment, In the Neighborhood | Comments Off

Instead of a Wall, a Binational Park To Be Built on Border of Texas & Mexico

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. – from the Goodnewsletter Only two years ago, the border town of Laredo, Texas, was bracing itself for the construction of the towering steel and concrete border wall that threatened to cut off the city, its … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Parks | Comments Off

Scientists support the benefit of a second booster for COVID-19

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ed M. Ed note: Second booster shots are now available in many pharmacies. Most recommend calling or going on their web site to make an appointment.

Posted in Health | Comments Off

2022 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Posted in Advocacy, Education | Comments Off

Tobacco Road Prepares for Basketball Nirvana — or Apocalypse

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Jim deMaine

There are rivalries, then rivalries. This is one of the best in basketball. Read the commentary in the NYT here. Thanks to Mike C.

Posted in Sports | Comments Off

Recent UW Symposium on COVID

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Jim deMaine

COVID Symposium XXVI Airborne Transmission in Indoor Spaces – Krystal Pollitt, PhD, Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health The Pulmonary Side of Long COVID – Molly Billings, MD, PCCSM, HMC Changes in Smoking Prevalence During COVID-10 – Adam Gaffney, MD, … Continue reading →

Posted in Health | Comments Off

The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Jim deMaine

The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) by Maria Popova Ed note: This is a rather “heavy” entry but a friend who’s in the midst of a crisis, sent this story. It brought me back to a Russian lit course in college … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, end of life, Guns, happiness, literature | Comments Off

The cycle of life

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil-Ann

Posted in Aging Sites, Humor | Comments Off

Second Booster

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Jim deMaine

From Linda W. As you no doubt read, those of us over 50 (ha!) are now eligible to have a second booster. Bartells (and likely many other sites) are offering this service (as the vaccine becomes available – not at … Continue reading →

Posted in Health | Comments Off

Job interview – how’d it go?

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

Posted in Government, Justice | Comments Off

Dog on the bus!

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil-Ann!

Posted in Animals | Comments Off

On a Sunday afternoon

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Yesterday, the people seemed to outnumber the blossoms. Everyone was enjoying a peaceful and pleasant touch of spring.

Posted in Gardening, happiness, Photography | Comments Off

Volunteers fly into Seattle’s spider web on homelessness

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ed M. By Danny Westneat Seattle Times columnist With 171 years of life experience between them, including about 80 managing hospitals and rocket systems, Ruth Benfield and John Pehrson have seen a thing or two. Benfield was a vice … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Homeless, In the Neighborhood | Comments Off

Keeping it in play

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Rosemary W

Posted in Sports | Comments Off

Stop the masks!!

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C. Ed note: No comment! Add your own!

Posted in In the Neighborhood | Comments Off

Down by the Riverside – Grandpa Elliott and more

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary M. – an uplift we all need

Posted in Music, War | Comments Off

Persevere

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

Posted in Essays, Government | Comments Off

Companies doing or not doing business in Russia

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Jim S. Professor Jeffry Sonnenfeld (Yale University) has developed a list of companies who did, or continue to do business in Russia. The list is divided into five categories, ranging from “Withdrawal” a clean break with to “Digging … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Finance, War | Comments Off

Why aren’t we talking about this?

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Letter in the NYT – thanks to Mike C. I don’t understand why we are not talking about this: Remember that Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, worked for the pro-Putin Ukrainian government. Remember when support for Ukraine was … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Politics | Comments Off