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I like to write about various things, ranging from our connection to the natural world to rethinking city life. There's also a bit of music here, plus information on plants mentioned in the Outlander series of novels.

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The Alaska Junction in West Seattle: A 15-minute City?

Marie McKinsey

3 days ago
4 min

The Alaska Junction in West Seattle: A 15-minute City?

Can West Seattle's Alaska Junction become a 15-minute city?

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How to Calculate Storm Water Run-off from Your Property

Marie McKinsey

Mar 7
2 min

How to Calculate Storm Water Run-off from Your Property

The EPA estimates that over 770 cities in the US combine waste water and stormwater in the same pipe and send it to sewage treatment...

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Marie McKinsey

Mar 2
2 min

The Times They Are A Changin'

Watching this video takes me back to my teen years in the 1960s. I would never have guessed, 50 years ago, that Bob Dylan's lyrics would...

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The Sustainable Alternative to the Alki 11

Marie McKinsey

Feb 26
4 min

The Sustainable Alternative to the Alki 11

This is a post I wrote back in 2013. At the time, my neighbors and I were opposing a row house project that would completely engulf 3...

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Marie McKinsey

Feb 13
1 min

Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky

I grew up in San Francisco's East Bay area, in the 1950s. My early memories are of orchards, vineyards and farm fields that grew every...

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Marie McKinsey

Feb 11
1 min

Pandemic Gardening

"'Tis an ill wind indeed, that blows no good." - William Shakespeare For all the pain and suffering brought by the COVID-19 pandemic,...

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