By David Anderson, Tillicum It was a kite-flying contest for kids. Another blustery day on Whidbey Island, the wind pushed up the side of the bluff to where we dads and sons – and in some cases daughters – huddled together for warmth, receiving pre-event instructions. Port Townsend was visible across the strait where a ferry fought […]
Letter: A Toy in a Tube
By David Anderson, Tillicum It’s time to graduate. Commencement exercises will be followed by endless summer days, plans for success, the next adventure, dreams come true and living happily ever after. And shattered glass.
Letter: Worms get a Bad Rap
By David Anderson, Tillicum I believe, no better yet I bet, that if I balanced the books here at Bill’s Boathouse, the best, biggest, beyond-any-other-bait-or-bauble benefiting our business by far – besting bobbers, banana weights and even boats – would be these burrowing buddies nestled by the 12-per-bunch in their shredded-paper beds that we buy […]
Letter: But for 3/8 of an Inch
By David Anderson “The sluggard is deceived by the __________________ of his _____________________. So by inches and minutes his opportunities slip away.” (source unknown) That’s the key truth of my mentoring lesson plan today with my 5th grader.
Letter: America is not made of rip-stop nylon
By David Anderson, cheerleader, Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association I’ve a book in my library entitled “Our Sacred Honor” by William J. Bennett. As I opened it this Memorial Day morning there fell out a newspaper clipping – an article by George Will dated July 4, 2008 entitled “The birth of the nation was more than a one-day […]
Letter: Thinking about the state’s economy while scrubbing floors
By David Anderson It’s a cinch by the inch but hard by the yard. Little-by-little gets it done. Down on hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen linoleum floor I was joined for a while during the hour-after-hour ordeal by my five-year-old grandson. I had to do it. The rental was to be moved into the next day. Jacob, on […]
Letter: Why Obama is Wrong
By David Anderson, Tillicum Comedian Groucho Marx quipped, “Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.” When President Obama became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriages with his announcement May 9, 2012, was his decision the result of having:
Letter: $55K for Lakewood Problem Gamblers
by David Anderson Lakewood is preparing to spend $55K to treat problem gamblers. There’s a problem with problem gamblers in Lakewood?
Letter: Opening Day
By David Anderson Now that’s impressive. It wasn’t the size, though they were big, many measuring over 14” which meant only two could be kept. And it wasn’t the amount, though many hundreds of the penned 6,500 Rainbow trout were caught upon their release having been fattened up all winter at Bill’s Boathouse.