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A master carver creates a totem pole to honor his sister-in-law

David Boxley dances next to “Eagle’s Spirit,” the totem he carved that honors his late sister-in-law, Cindy James. She is portrayed holding her grandson Dominic. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
David Boxley dances next to "Eagle's Spirit," the totem he carved that honors his late sister-in-law, Cindy James. She is portrayed holding her grandson Dominic. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)

Before she died, Cindy James suggested Northwest Hospital should replace its old totem pole. So David Boxley crafted one to tell the inspiring stories of James, other cancer patients and their caretakers.

The open floor plan keeps everything visible and accessible. The center kitchen island and cabinet are on wheels and can be rolled out of the way when the murphy bed (to the left) is lowered. Firewood is stored in a custom steel ring mounted on the wall.
Northwest Living

Taking ‘prefabricated construction’ to all new levels

A Windermere family’s durable, innovative, sustainable eHAB Cabin serves as a beautiful model of modular building.  VIEW

Book cover of “Prefabulous Small Houses” by Sheri Koones; published by The Taunton Press, 2016.
NW Living

A Q&A on prefabricated homes

‘Prefabulous Small Houses’ author Sheri Koones explains the evolution, and the appeal, of prefab construction.

Cover stories

Totem pole carver David Boxley carves his 77th totem pole in his Lynnwood studio. The pole titled, “Eagle’s Spirit” is to honor his sister-in-law, Cindy James. This face is Cindy’s grandson, Dominic Knapp,

A master carver creates a totem pole to honor his sister-in-law | PNW Magazine  WATCH

Navigating Change

Gritty and gentrified, White Center celebrates diversity and community

The Mom question: Seattle-area women share their complicated decisions

Portraits of Homelessness

Mark Musick transformed the way Seattle thinks of local, seasonal food

Seeing the forest for the trees: What one oak tells us about climate change

Fit for Life

Shawn Zabecki makes a catch at first base during an Underdog Sports League kickball game at the Lower Woodland Playfields in Seattle Wednesday, May 17, 2017.

Kickball’s combination of fun and fitness has longtime appeal for local team captains | Fit for Life

Northwest Living

The open floor plan keeps everything visible and accessible. The center kitchen island and cabinet are on wheels and can be rolled out of the way when the murphy bed (to the left) is lowered. Firewood is stored in a custom steel ring mounted on the wall.

Taking ‘prefabricated construction’ to all new levels | Northwest Living  VIEW

Most Read Stories

Taste

(THIS IS FOR THE MAGAZINE) Christina Arokiasamy’s turmeric fried chicken with sambal baked potatoes; sweet mango cashew salad and Pandan coconut custard cakes, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Seattle.

Malaysian cooking with Kent food star and former Four Seasons chef Christina Arokiasamy | Taste  VIEW

In the Garden

Planting flowers that hummingbirds are drawn to is a great way to attract them to your garden.

How to create a garden haven for hummingbirds | In the Garden

Flower power

Benzakein walks readers through composing this “sherbet butterfly bouquet” of plum and hawthorn foliage, hellebore, ranunculus, and Iceland poppies in shades of peach and coral. (photo from “Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms,” by Erin Benzakein with Julie Chai, Photographs by Michele M. Wait. Chronicle Books, 2017. $29.95)

A Skagit Valley florist (and Instagram superstar) shares her flower-growing and -arranging tips

The Grapevine

The Vintners Village in Prosser is a well-planned cluster of wineries.

Vintner’s Village in Prosser is one-stop shopping for wine lovers | The Grapevine

Now & Then

THEN CAPTION: For some unrecorded reason in the late 1920s, I figure, an unnamed photographer was attracted to the diverse urban clutter to the sides of this intersection of Olive Street (upper-left) and Terry Avenue (lower-left.)

A collision of clues in one packed photo | Now & Then

Women in the Trades

Puget Sound's hard-working women in traditionally male jobs