A soul-shattering, bone-chilling, suffocating fog of grief had descended upon my world. The eerie, graveyard quiet was impenetrable. Absolutely nothing beyond the end of the dock where I had sat was observable. Except for the still water, all had been lost in the gray shroud of unfathomable sorrow. Death had not taken a Christmas holiday. […]
Letter: The Race Track Of Difference
Stacked like a sardine in a collection of Matchbox and Hot Wheels Cars – caught in the crush of a child’s pile of autos distinctive for their yesteryear look of cool designs, flashy decals and hip hubcaps – is THAT ONE different car. If it had a life, it remembers the day it rolled off […]
Letter: Clover Park School Board member’s resignation demanded
Taniesha Lyons is demanding the resignation of Paul Wagemann, member of the Clover Park School Board since 2009. A special meeting of the school board to address the matter has been scheduled for Monday, December 21. The meeting agenda provides the link and password to join the webinar. Lyons ran against Wagemann in 2019 and […]
Letter: There Is Room
When George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” was first performed at noon in the New Music Hall in Dublin, Ireland on April 13, 1742 in Dublin, there was no room in the hall. There was no room for gentlemen to wear their swords; there was no room for ladies to wear hoops in their dresses. With an […]
Letter: The Snow Forts And Comforts Of Childhood
It was brutally cold. With my face pressed to one small pane of cold glass and my brother next to me doing the same, we stared spellbound as the howling wind drove the snow against our upstairs bedroom window. Our vision clouded by the ferocity of the flakes in the growing darkness, we took refuge […]
Letter: Lost, Lost, And More Lost
The Christmas Tree farm, in addition to cut-your-own Christmas trees, featured a corn maze to get lost in, and a pumpkin patch. Because the tractor had broken down just as we were placing our tree on the tractor’s trailer, we decided to wait for a replacement vehicle given the tree my wife had selected was […]
Letter: No Shortcuts To Success
In simple computer language, the three keys in the accompanying photograph are shortcuts. Pressed in conjunction with other keys, they enable various functions to be performed more quickly, almost without thought, thus making learning easier. Or so we think. Upon discovering my computer keyboard the other night, my almost-two-year-old granddaughter took the time to pry […]
Letter: The Church In COVID Crisis At Christmas
The Nativity on the shelf was missing all the usual figurines except for a single angel perched on the manger roof prepared to make an announcement that this year would not be heralded by it, much less by a multitude of heavenly host. A policeman guarded the entrance. There would be no admission. Not this […]
Letter: Living Their Nine Lives
Cats have nine lives because they have a death wish. Running in front of cars, needing rescue from a tree or housetop or letting their curiosity get the best of them, they dance with their own demise. Our cat Tilly – short for Atilla the Hun – is a feline who has, maybe, six lives […]