Bill Sellen lived (and died) on the streets of Seattle, never having bounced back after World War II. A nurse who helped him remembers him, and a poem he gave her.
Without taking a position on the mayor's race, a leading Seattle neighborhood activist offers some advice for the winner. For starters, fire the bodyguard and get out there among the people.
The popular movie about Julia Child inspires our writer — not to cook with lots of butter, but to write longhand, and then use a typewriter and carbon paper. Tasty lessons result.