Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - Page updated at 03:04 a.m.

Nicole Brodeur
My column is more a conversation with readers than a spouting of my own views. I like to think that, in writing, I lay down a bridge between readers and me. It is as much their space as mine. And it is a place to tell the stories that, otherwise, may not get into the paper.
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Nicole Brodeur | Let it snow funds on 3 charities
The West Edge neighborhood had no edge at all. It was a low-slung stretch of shops and bus stops just beyond the buzz of Pike Place Market; the place you passed through on your way to someplace else.
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