Leslie writes: I was not sure where to put this letter (forums, email, posts etc?) but I would love to do something about the issue of walking dogs in our neighborhood. I have been harassed four times in the last few months while walking my dog. Let me start by saying that I ALWAYS carry poop bags and I USE them. I do not allow my dog to eliminate in neighbor's yards (the property between their house and the sidewalk). I…
(Alyne Fortgang, co-founder, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, contributed this piece) Chai bobs her head up and down while pacing, Bamboo paces in circles while swiveling her head and Watoto paces and sways. These stereotypical behaviors exhibited by the elephants held captive at Woodland Park Zoo are the mind’s way of coping with trauma, stress and crushing boredom. Mothers and daughter elephants live together for their entire life but Bamboo, Chai and Watoto were taken from their mothers and shipped…
Sometimes it feels hard to focus on climate change. And I don't mean "focus" like "pay attention to", I mean "focus" like "see clearly": it's like trying to see a while with your nose against its fin. Then you read a story like Borrowed Time on Disappearing Land in last week's New York Times, which pans from the personal to the global. Here's a Bangladeshi woman who lost her husband and subsequently "became so destitute that she sold her son and daughter into…
You really want to know your bacon, you gotta make your bacon. Terri from Bill the Butcher writes: Join us on Monday, April 14th for a Butcher Demo with our Wallingford team! Butcher Chris will walk you through the process of breaking down a whole hog, and not just any hog but a Nelli Farms Berkshire Hog. Snout-to-Tail, he'll talk cuts, cooking methodology and how to make the most of the whole hog. Oh, and there will be a few snacks…
Lynn sent this in yesterday: I just saw a medium-size, Lab-looking black dog with a red collar running without a human companion along Burke Ave. N between 35th and 36thstreets. He was sitting on my porch furniture but took off before I could get any tag information. Then Marshall sent this in just now: This evening a black lab mix dog started resting on our porch. It is medium sized, has a red collar, and is skittish and may have a limp. We have provided some…
Meg Matthews writes: I live on 36th and Densmore, and in the past few months we've noticed that all of the streets around us are jammed with parked cars after about 8:30-9 a.m. Not sure if it's from all the new construction or what. I don't often drive to work, but on the occasion when I do, it's usually because I need to run back home partway through the day for a vet appointment or something similar. For a few weeks now, I've…
The Wallingford Community Council will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Good Shepherd Center, Room 202 on Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM. Everyone is welcome. On the agenda will be a presentation regarding improvements and changes to the Burke-Gilman Trail. The Burke-Gilman Trail is more than a regional treasure; it is a major transportation, recreation and nature corridor and the most heavily-used trail in Washington. In recent years, the trail’s growing popularity has led to overcrowding and conflicts between…