Jingle in the change by Becaley Elsie Going downstairs to mail off my letter is what I have in my mind as I get ready to walk to the post office. I think to myself, do I have enough change to mail this thick letter? I go to my truck […]

A Short Story by George Beavis, PWA Participant Artist & Veteran Truth and Lies are both secrets. The heat makes the black sticky stuff in the streets into little bubbles that I can pop with my finger. Sometimes the black stuff sticks to my finger. I wipe it on the […]

By Sarah L. Blum, Nurse and Vietnam Veteran Content Warning: mentions of violence, mental health, suicide The poem by Amanda Gorman, New Day’s Lyric, ends with a focus on coming together. I believe that is the key. There is so much hatred and violence which drives us apart from one […]

The Odyssey Experienceby Lynette Douglas It was mid-November 2016 when I first read about the theatrical class offered at the Ballard Senior Center. This is all part of The Seattle Repertory’s Public Works Program. Someone from the Seattle Repertory Theater was teaching a class on the theater. WOW!!   This was a difficult time for […]