Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

Carrie Butler, who often gives helpful advice to writers on her blog , posed an interesting challenge: write a letter to a younger version ...

I saw the new Godzilla movie. He gets along so swimmingly, it could be subtitled, Godzilla Joins the Navy .  If you like giant monster mov...

Last week I attended a middle school play. Among other performances were eighth graders who recited their own compositions on historical fi...

The Cinerama—a gigantic theater in downtown Seattle—will be hosting a Battlestar Galactica event this Saturday. After a screening of a fan-...

Happy Good Friday On Monday, I tried to see the total lunar eclipse. Alas, since I live in the Seattle area, the moon looked fuzzy earl...

These are from the first year of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Denise Crosby, who played Lieutenant Yar, is my favorite in these. ...

A family member passed away recently. Since we’re Japanese, members of the extended family gave us koden—gifts of money to help with the co...

I was going to move my wash basket when I noticed one of my thumb drives was sitting next to it. That obviously meant it had fallen out of ...

The Disney Store at Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, a suburb to the north of Seattle, closed. Dark and shuttered The sign didn’t ...