At the westernmost tip of West Seattle, Alki Beach looks out over Puget Sound toward Bainbridge Island and the Olympic Mountains. A freighter moves slowly, silently, up the channel. Two harbor seals float offshore, their heads bobbing above the soft waves of a late summer day. Despite its proximity to the pollution and industry of […]
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Laughing Water
Minnehaha Creek begins at the eastern edge of Lake Minnetonka and flows east about twenty-one miles, spills over the limestone lip of a cliff as Minnehaha Falls, then travels one last mile to feed the Mississippi River. Contrary to popular belief, Minnehaha does not actually mean “laughing water,” though as I stand at the foot of […]