“Food insecurity” is jargon for being hungry. And whether folks in the neighborhood know or care to admit it, we are surrounded by hungry people. There have been never-ending discussions about the incongruity and the travesty of hunger existing at all in the richest country on the planet, but this article focuses on a low-key, grassroots effort by one of our neighbors to allay at least a little of the need.

Those of you who prowl Facebook, and the Wallingford-Fremont Group there, occasionally see posts from Food Not Bombs, and neighbor Kathy Bowie. Food Not Bombs is a loosely structured …

It has been hard not to notice how re-development has reshuffled the deck of Wallingford business district buildings: the gaping space where the dearly departed Guild 45^th theatres stood, and the newer leveled and now excavated portion of the block where the Fainting Goat and The Sock Monster once resided. It’s all in the name of progress, Seattle-style. More housing density: Make it so! And don’t bother with on-site parking, because we like to pretend that cars aren’t necessary!

But, I digress…This story is really a focused look at one of those businesses that was displaced by one of …

What’s the deal with recycling? For the longest time, Seattle prided itself in being on the forefront of reducing the massive volumes of trash going into landfills by encouraging/mandating recycling. The footnote to that statement is that it HAD to…city-owned landfills had closed in the 1980s and been declared Superfund sites, and local waste disposal options were dwindling. Depending on how long you’ve been a Seattle resident, you may remember when we had color-coded milk crate-type bins into which we sorted glass, paper, and cans. It almost felt sacrilegious when we were told to toss all of our recycling into…

A (seemingly) long time ago, in a neighborhood not so far away at all…it was raining, and raining pretty hard. I was out walking, and turned south down Thackeray. There was a steady stream of rainwater flowing downhill. As is often the case here in the city, especially when it’s been a while since the last rainfall, there was a very noticeable oily sheen in the water as it cascaded down along the curb. I don’t THINK this was attributable to the oil change business there on NE 45^th, it might have been from one or more of …

You know that it is really springtime in Seattle when Tilth Alliance (formerly Seattle Tilth) holds its annual edible plant sale in Meridian Park. This is one of the big events on the Seattle plant nerd calendar, and is a big draw (and traffic/parking challenge) to the neighborhood. As has been the case in recent years, the plant sale is a three-day event May 3-5, with an early-bird pre-sale on Friday evening (5:00p-7:00p) and the usual Saturday-Sunday (9:00a-3:00p) fest.

The Good Shepherd P-Patch gardeners (I am one, full disclosure) have their community garden plots in Meridian Park and I would …

Earlier this month, we posted a note from Daniel about the Earth Day cleanup that is scheduled for the ‘hood on Saturday, Earth Day. But unless you scribbled that event on your digital or analog calendar, you’ve likely forgotten. Here’s your reminder! There will also be information about other volunteer opportunities including this year’s Wallingford Parade, the Wallingford Beautification Committee, and if you are interested in volunteering to keep your part of Wallingford clean year-round, you can sign up for Seattle Public Utilities Adopt-A-Street program.

From Daniel’s original article:

The bi-annual Wallingford Earth Day family-friendly neighborhood cleanup event is coming …

You may have seen the recent Wallyhood article on the outstanding run by the Lincoln High School baseball team to last year’s state 3A championship. Reader and parent Elizabeth let us know that LHS also hosts a fastpitch softball team, head-coached by Kevin Ticen (former catcher for University of Washington baseball team). The varsity team is led by Senior Annika Ticen (catcher) and Junior Riko Hibino (pitcher). The varsity and junior varsity teams are comprised of players who have run the bases at Lower Woodland Park since little league, and are proud to represent their high school and wear the…