Fire and Wind
If you told me that a Labor Day windstorm brought 12 consecutive hours of sustained hurricane-force winds to Timberline ski resort on Mt....

Leschi Council
Sep 30, 2020
Updates from Leschi Elementary
Leschi Elementary students began classes on September 4 following the remote learning model. In these challenging times, we are doing our...

Leschi Council
Sep 30, 2020
Leschi Artist’s Map is the COVID Public Art Project You’ve Been Waiting For
Celebrating public space, Libby L. Gerber invites viewers to look for views of Mount Rainier in mundane public spaces, using her...

Leschi Council
Sep 1, 2020


La Niña Arrives, Blob Strengthens
Global sea-surface-temperature (SST) anomalies as of 8/14/2020. Note the massive Blob in the A Northeast Pacific and a developing La Nina...

Leschi Council
Sep 1, 2020
The Fire Outlook for 2020
This article missed the June issue by just a few days, and we felt it was important enough that we print it in September; we can already...

Leschi Council
Sep 1, 2020
Leschi’s Long Hot Summer
One hardly knows where and what to start discussing with all that is going on, but of course I do have opinions and that is what the...

Leschi Council
Sep 1, 2020
Black Lives Matter and Occupations
What a summer it has been! Immediately after my last column went to press on the COVID-19 murals all over town, George Floyd was murdered...

Leschi Council
Sep 1, 2020


Leschi Market Launches Wine Wednesday Virtual Tastings
Kudos to Leschi Market for a creative solution in the pandemic world! Hello Neighbors and Friends! You may have seen the Leschi Market...

Leschi Council
Jun 1, 2020
Beaver Believer
The resurgence of wildlife in the neighborhood in recent weeks has resulted in documented sightings of wild rabbits and coyotes. At the...

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Jun 1, 2020
The Seattle Covid-19 Murals: Creativity and Cheer
Dozens of COVID 19 murals going up on Capitol Hill from Pike and 10th to Broadway and Pine, in Pioneer Square, and a third group in...

Leschi Council
Jun 1, 2020


Imagine What Could Have Been and What Could Be?
Sick people, lacking paid leave, couldn’t afford to stop working. Others who lost their jobs lost their health insurance, too....

Leschi Council
Jun 1, 2020
Horse Girl Gone Global
An around-the-world enquiry of the ‘Equine Addiction’ Hello and welcome to Horse Girl Gone Global. A 2019 recipient of the Watson...

Leschi Council
Jun 1, 2020