Don't act shocked, we dreamed and created the world we are complaining about.
Symptoms of dehydration usually begin with thirst and can quickly progress to...
Last time you learned that through everyday experience you already know that air can expand and compress, and that expanding air cools and compressing air heats.
Lice removal, shoe recyling, drug tests and fundraising, oh my! Two Patch bloggers at the National PTA convention saw what fun, productivity and child advocacy exists in the modern PTA.
Today's college graduates are returning home in droves. Read about this "adultescent" trend and the author's "character-building" experience in a roach-infested NYC apartment.
Drowsy driving is responsible for more that 1500 fatalities each year. Learn risk factors, and prevention tips.
One day Helen asked me to retrieve some flower thing (don’t ask me) from the loft. I climbed up and “Eureka”!!!! I had found the Sierra Desert, and it wasn’t in Africa.
It is 60 years since this photo of my dad was taken. It is a genuine mind-bender to realize that, on father's Day 2012, I am older than most of the photos I have of him.
Overlake Squadron Cadet Soars to new Heights
Imagine the life-long emotional roller coaster of having twin boys, one healthy and the other with brain damage. This is Buzz Bissinger's 30-year journey and story.
Schnitzel, Our beloved Schnauzer-Shih Tsu daily reveals to us his Asian Shih-Tsu genetic roots in his commitment to arranging and rearranging his and our immediate environment.
No two people with Alzheimer's disease will experience or progress through the symptoms in the exact same way.
Mid-marriage is the ideal time to acknowledge your achievements, celebrate accomplishments, close the book and lay a new foundation.
What's a mother to do with a son who has a need for speed? Read how this author learned that love means knowing when to change your mind.
Microsoft is going Carbon Neutral. Find out the inside scoop here.
A complaint is no more and no less than you or someone else someone saying, “I am not happy with the way things are and I am asking for your help.” Catch and release, it's not about you.
After visiting my aunt week after week, there wasn't much to say that was new. We settled for silence and and an increasingly awkward embarrassment. We were singing the Blues.
Legally reborn incorporeal corporate citizens press their thumbs upon the election scales of living corporeal people, the ones who once defended Bunker Hill and then fought their way up Iwo Jima?
Looking for something fun to do this weekend in Washington? Join us in Leavenworth for Wine, Sunshine, Music, Food and most of all Romantic Lodging at Pine River Ranch BnB. Full list on the blog:
The homeless & street people: I will, more often than is comfortable, choose to keep my eyes wide-open, feel what there is to feel and reach for meaning I can live with.
Sleep disorders decrease your earnings, and your employers. Read on . . .
Fathers and sons: I have never been able to identify with nor embrace the choices my thirty-five year old son makes. When I compare just how my dad felt I get that I have no real right to complain.
The Soviet Union put up Sputnik, the very first artificial orbiting satellite and scared the bejeezus out of the United States; a human-made artifact, state orbiting over our heads.
Learn how you can promote cross-cultural awareness in your community by hosting a student for a short term stay in the summer.
Men from everywhere! Are there not many things connected with this Territory and its climate which will favorably compare with any portion of the world in which it has been your lot to tarry?
Have you read "Fifty Shades of Grey"? Consider this author's take on the hype about this popular tome of "mommy porn."
The majority of women get a good nights sleep less than half the week. Unfortunately women are simply accepting sleepiness, when it is a sign that something is wrong.
Moms constantly question whether they are doing too much or too little for their kids. Do you really need to "wear your baby" or breastfeed a child until age 4 to raise a secure and independent child?
The Supreme Court will soon rule on the legality of requiring everyone to purchase health insurance.
A tribute to my mother and to celebrate all mothers in honor of Mother's Day.
As it turns out, women who are too nice can get involved in bullying, and nice guys do finish last. But would society really suffer if men used a little more honey and women a little more vinegar?
There is a strong link between school start times, teen's sleep and lifetime success. The Seattle School Board is now preparing to vote on a proposal that will have school starting earlier.
Cemeteries in Bellevue, WA can cost over $20,000. Save on those costs!
Adoption: Parents may need some perspective when dealing with a long wait for a child.
Can a bucket list be satisfied with small pleasures rather than big dreams?
It's easy to start a blog on Patch.
In praise of Youth Theater am I! Bellevue Youth Theatre's Beauty and the Beast Opens this Weekend. for Tickets call Sheila Framke at the BYT Box Office at 425-452-7155.
If you order online through a wire service (1-800-Flowers, Dove, Just Flowers, etc.) you will pay about 30 percent to them just for taking your order.
Family life can be great in many ways — but not when you're waking each other up! This is a short discussion of sleep by age group, and how each ages sleep issues impact the rest of the family.
Rob McKenna avoided a direct answer to an activist's question about the Reproductive Parity Act. Underlying McKenna’s exchange is a much, much larger and important question to be considered.