Edith Macefield sounds like an interesting person. She is eighty six years old and trying to keep her home. She won’t move - not even for a million dollars. Kathy Mulady has an excellent short article on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website:

“…Macefield refused to sell her little old house where she has lived since 1966 to developers, forcing them to build an entire five-story project, which includes a grocery store, fitness club and parking garage, around her.

She was offered $1 million to leave. She turned it down flat.”

link: Old Ballard’s new hero digs in as retail project envelops her home

Sometimes, grace and strength are personified by saying “no”. Kudos to Edith Macefield - and to Bill Martin and his crew.

Catherine Forsythe

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