"I write a general-interest column about people ... not famous or infamous, just plain folks," Jon Hahn says of his work. It's what I sometimes call Kitchen Table Journalism. Most of the interviews are done at kitchen tables or in workshops. The writing, I hope, is honest, unpretentious, kitchen-table language (well, maybe not that gritty). And it's meant to be read at the kitchen table."		email | forum

	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2002
At long last, city seal carver gets credit The Chief Seattle/city seal sculpture on the wall of the Mayor's 12th-floor conference room is probably the most-photographed public art work in Puget Sound. But no one seems to know much about it.
	TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2002
Pastor's second calling is cast in bronze There's a certain slant of light through stained-glass windows at Bellevue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that illuminates more than just the 18-foot bronze sculpture over the baptismal.
	SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2002
A full life keeps the empty nest stuffed Perhaps there's just a fine line between the aberrant Hoarding Syndrome and the average penchant for saving stuff. Maybe it's just a function of how much space we have to store stuff.
	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2002
It had to be you, wonderful you To my best friend: Our marriage has broadened and deepened both commitment to, and the sheer joy of loving and being loved by you. So please never stop being My Valentine.
	TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2002
Ice dancer, 70, going to the Olympics Ann Ormsby and her husband, John, are on their way to the ice-dancing competitions at the Olympics. The compulsory dances are the very same she's done often here in passing her pre-silver certification. But this will be the first time she has gone to the Olympics.
	SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2002
To my very special mother-in-law Alice Mae Fowler, my mother-in-law, goes through birthdays the way Montana drivers observe maximum speed limits. She hits 90 today, and her eyes are on the road ahead.
	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2002
Minister takes his mission on the road It's hard not to get infected with the enthusiasm that radiates from the Rev. Lars Clausen, a 40-year-old Lutheran minister who's riding his unicycle more than 4,500 miles is to raise $5 million in donations for the native peoples on Alaska's Seward Peninsula, where he served his first pastorate.
	TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2002
Violence is not new to Lenten season A week before Fat Tuesday, we might do well to consider the roots of that celebration, which so often occasions unfortunate violence. Even in the historical Shrove Tuesday flapjacks of merry ol' England, there is more than a tinge of bloody violence.