West Seattle, Washington
20 Sunday
Thanks to JayDee for sending the photo of tonight’s sunset, second-to-last one of summer 2026. Tuesday (September 22) will bring the first sunset of fall – about two hours after the equinox moment (5:05 pm) – and you can welcome the change of seasons by watching with educator/expert skywatcher Alice Enevoldsen at Solstice Park. She’ll be there 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm; official sunset time is 7:07 pm, but the sun could drop below the timberline as early as 6:50 pm. The gathering spot is on the park’s top level, upslope from the tennis courts (7400 Fauntleroy Way SW) and P-patch. If you haven’t been to one of Alice’s sunset watches, the location is perfect because that area of the park has granite markers and paths aligned with the setting sun’s locations for equinoxes and solstices. Free, all ages, educational, and fun!
Thanks to Eddie for the photo and update – the Sound Transit work on the bike/foot path from Delridge alongside the West Seattle Bridge, scheduled to continue through today, ended early, and he found the path reopened on Saturday. The work involved soil sampling along the area where a new light-rail-only bridge is planned to be part of the West Seattle Link Extension project.
Community members of all ages can get vaccinated at clinics coming up at local schools – here’s the announcement we were asked to share to you (corrected):
Seattle Visiting Nurse Association runs annual flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics at various middle and high schools in partnership with Seattle Public Schools.
These clinics are open to the public, but appointments are required. Our first clinic is coming up on 10/4 at Louisa Boren STEM K-8.
These clinics are open to the public, but appointments are required. The registration link is also below—please feel free to re-title it for your communications. Our first clinic is coming up on 10/10 at Louisa Boren STEM K-8.
Patients will be able to get a flu shot, COVID-19 vaccine, or both in the same appointment. We can vaccinate kids 4 and up for flu and 5 and up for COVID-19. All patients can receive COVID-19 vaccines this season due to a Washington State Department of Health order.
We will be using the updated Moderna products for 2025. Each patient needs their own registration, in their name, with their information.
We are currently able to accept almost all local health plans, including Medicare and Apple Health, but cannot accept Cigna, Tricare, or First Choice insurance.
If anyone has questions, they can email us at info@seattlevna.com.
Here’s the registration link.
On Sundays we often look ahead to events in the coming week. This Thursday evening, Paper Boat Booksellers (4522 California SW; WSB sponsor) will host a West Seattle writer’s book launch: “Climate Anxiety and Spiritual Resilience” by Suzanne Crawford O’Brien. The author is a professor at Pacific Lutheran University. From the publisher’s description:
Religious and Indigenous practices that counter despair, cultivate courage, and sustain moral action in the fight for environmental justice. Climate change is an ecological and political crisis, but it is also a spiritual one. Fractured relationships with the natural systems that sustain us and frustration with leaders’ seeming inability to respond, has led many to grief, despair, burnout, and moral exhaustion. Indeed, current research on eco-anxiety and climate grief show that emotional overwhelm undermines collective action, even when solutions are known and available.
But there is a path forward, one found within religious and Indigenous traditions that have long cultivated practices for living with loss, sustaining hope, and acting ethically within fragile ecosystems. By bringing the psychology of climate grief into conversation with Indigenous and religious traditions, this book offers a framework for moving beyond paralysis toward resilient, justice-centered engagement. Each chapter draws on case studies from diverse Indigenous and religious traditions. challenging extractive worldviews, emphasizing relationality and interdependence, and grounding justice in care for land, community, and future generations. Together, they explore what it means to engage in inner activism: the work of moral courage, clarity, and presence that makes sustained ecological action possible. Practices of mindfulness, ritual, lament, storytelling, and community accountability are presented not as private coping strategies but as sources of collective resilience and ethical commitment. Emphasizing hope without denial and action without burnout, this book offers spiritual resources for transforming grief into courage, solidarity, and sustained engagement for ecological justice.
If you’re interested in attending the 6 pm event on Thursday (September 24), RSVP here ASAP, as there’s an attendance cap. All ages welcome; wine for 21+ attendees.
If you couldn’t get to this weekend’s biggest rummage sale on Saturday, you have another chance, until 3 pm today – and the deals are even bigger, because everything is half-price! We just stopped by Fauntleroy Church‘s Second-Time Sale for photos of what remains available. This curated sale raising money for church programs (such as the popular Recycle Roundup, which returns on October 3) has a wide variety of items in good shape – toys, housewares, furniture, games, clothing, jewelry, tools, sports gear, more.
It’s in (and outside) the church Fellowship Hall, 9140 California SW.
Two coyote reports received Saturday (thank you!):
AT NINO CANTU SOUTHWEST ATHLETIC COMPLEX: This one photographed by Jessie didn’t need a invitation to take the field:
We saw this healthy looking coyote running across the soccer field above the pickleball courts at the sports complex at about 7:10 (Saturday) night while we walked the dogs.
ON THE BLUFF: This may be the same coyote roaming blufftop yards along Sunset SW as reported here last Sunday, but this photo’s from Joe:
Coyote visit on Sunday morning 9/13, North Admiral/Sunset Bluff.
We publish coyote sightings fpr awareness, not alarm; some people still don’t realize they share our neighborhoods. Learn more about coyotes here.
(Orca Half runners on Saturday, photo by Clarence Higuera – the race repeats this morning!)
Here’s what to know for summer’s final Sunday – mostly listings from our West Seattle Event Calendar:
ORCA HALF, DAY 2: A second day today for the Orca Half, from Lincoln Park to Don Armeni, with shuttles from the finish line to start line, and running starting in waves around 7:30 am. (No road closures.)
WEST SEATTLE RUNNING CLUB: 8:30 am, meet at Alki Statue of Liberty (61st/Alki) to run with friends old and new.
SUNDAY FUNDAY RUNDAY: 9 am, Westies Run Club meets at Highland Park Corner Store (7789 Highland Park Way SW) for today’s run.
AMERICAN MAH JONGG: In The Junction, weekly Sunday morning games are happening at The Missing Piece (4707 California SW), 9:30 am.
WEST SEATTLE ART TOUR: Dozens of artists, spread among 16 stops where you can see how they work! It’s the second day of the free annual West Seattle Art Tour, 10 am-5 pm, interactive and printable maps here – browse the artist and location lists and decide where to go and who to see! (WSB is a co-sponsor of the tour.)
WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: Now in the still-bountiful end-of-summer produce-and-products season, open for shopping and eating (as it is every weekend of the year, even holidays), 10 am-2 pm, California SW between SW Oregon and SW Alaska.
MASTER GARDENERS CLINIC: Also in The Junction – this season’s last chance to get your gardening questions answered at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market, 10 am-2 pm.
MAKERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm, monthly 206 Makers’ Market at Jet City Labs. (4540 California SW)
THE WORKS SEATTLE POP-UP: 10 am-2 pm crafting outside The Works Seattle‘s new Junction location (4540 California SW) – make shrinky-dink keychains.
FREE NIA CLASS: Begins at 10:15 am; first class free if you pre-register. At Inner Alchemy Studio/Sanctuary. (3618 SW Alaska)
WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY: Open today! Need a tool but don’t need/want to, or can’t, buy it? Look for it at, and borrow it from, the West Seattle Tool Library, open 11 am-4 pm on the northeast side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. (4408 Delridge Way SW)
SECOND-TIME SALE: Second of two days to shop this curated rummage sale, previewed here. 11:30 am-3 pm at Fauntleroy Church (9140 California SW).
WEST SEATTLE RESIST: 11:30 am-1:30 pm, weekly action in The Junction.
COLMAN POOL FINALE: Noon-7 pm, this year’s last postseason weekend wraps up at the outdoor pool on the shore at Lincoln Park – see the schedule here. (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW)
SNAIL MAIL SUNDAY AT MR. B’S: Monthly writing event at Mr. B’s Mead Center (9444 Delridge Way SW), 1-4 pm.
WATCH THE SEAHAWKS AT THE HYDRANT: Bring your pup! Weekly watch parties, with today’s kickoff at 1:25 pm. (4541 California SW)
WELCOME ROAD WINERY: You’re welcome Sunday afternoons (among other times) at this West Seattle tasting room (with a patio!) – open 2-5 pm today, kids and dogs welcome. (3804 California SW; WSB sponsor)
CLASSIC NOVELS (AND MOVIES) BOOK CLUB: 2:30 pm at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor) – this month’s title, “Dandelion Wine.”
MUSIC AT THE COFFEEHOUSE: 3-5 pm, Orville Johnson & Mark Graham at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor), no cover, all ages.
ARTSWEST MATINEE: First 3 pm performance of “The Chinese Lady” at ArtsWest (4711 California SW).
EVERGREEN ENSEMBLE: Choral concert, 3 pm at Holy Rosary (42nd/Genesee).
WEST SEATTLE INDIVISIBLE: This month’s meeting focuses on neighborhood protection amid the ongoing ICE activity, 3:30 pm at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church (3050 California SW).
BLACK TEA AT REVELRY ROOM: 7 pm-midnight, nighttime tea service with teas curated by host Jack Sanders, info here. (4547 California SW)
LIVE AT KENYON HALL: Richard Gilewitz performs at 7:30 pm at Kenyon Hall (7904 35th SW).
UNDERGROUND TRIVIA AT CORNER POCKET: Trivia starts at 7:30 pm – free to play, with prizes. (4302 SW Alaska)
LIVE JAZZ AT THE ALLEY: 8-10 pm jazz with the D-Lux Jazz Trio at The Alley (behind 4509 California SW).
Organizing, or assisting with, an event that should be on the WSB community Event Calendar – whether one-time or recurring? Please email us the basic details – westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!
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