“Congratulations! You just had a baby. What’s that knock on the door? It’s a state inspector to make sure your home is suitable.” So begins the February 18, 2019 Podcast with Senator Shelly Short, Republican Floor Leader, 7th Washington Legislative District. The subject is the seemingly innocuous, ostensibly altruistic, so-called “Welcome to Washington Baby Act” […]
Murder charge update at Tillicum meeting
Detective Bunton, Lakewood Police Department, and possibly Chief Mike Zaro, will update the Tillicum and Woodbrook community this coming Thursday, November 7, 6:30 P.M. concerning the ongoing investigation of the incident this past month on Tillicum’s Washington Ave. in which a “teen died after being shot in the back and his friend is charged in the […]
Letter: The Death of a Star, and a Child
One year ago today I visited the Planetarium at the invitation of my grandson with his sixth-grade advanced math class. What an awesome spectacle, an incredible adventure, to lean back, gaze at the curved ceiling and be transported to the very edge of the universe. Thanks to the astronomical – literally – capabilities of the […]
Letter: Impervious
Unaffected by outside influence; unmoved by popular opinion, argument or suggestion; “standing sentinel” over the fray of insults hurled; secure despite accusations tossed and those with violence and vehemence. On a rock he stands, majestic, unperturbed as the chill winds assail the seas and torment into a wild frenzy the crashing and thundering waves below. […]
Letter: Odds and ends
On my office desk at work there’s a tiny wooden box, open at the top, containing 13 “Forever” postage stamps, three safety pins, a ring I found, a single spacer for laying tile, a dime and a penny. There’s also a spare clicker – a duplicate of the one mounted in my truck – that […]
Letter: One year ago, today
It’s the call you never want to get. It’s what happens to other people, that is, until your phone rings. Grief like a grave with both ends kicked out stretches on and on. And on. Sometimes it’s a medical prognosis that confirms our worst fear; an unjust accusation that is most difficult to bear. We […]
Letter: The power of darkness – one thing led to another
As it turned out it was a very, very small thing – in the beginning anyway – but it had created a very frustrating problem. Nearly half the house was in darkness. The other half was cheery bright. To bring power to the darkness, extension cords plugged into extension cords which were plugged into lamps, […]
No Tillicum meeting Thursday, Oct.3
No Tillicum community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 3. Here, however, are the library happenings for the month of October. Saturdays 10/5; 10/12; 10/19 @ 12:00 PM – Bi-lingual Family StorytimeBilingual Story Times are offered in Spanish and English. Storytime include art activities, rhymes, singing and finger plays. For families with young children. Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 – […]
Letter: It's not about what, it's about who
She’s been asked to speak to a woman’s group. About grief. And what we’ve learned. As we’ve talked about her coming presentation and she shared her heart, it seems to me this will be my wife’s title: “It’s not about what, it’s about who.” Who came in the crisis; who listened; who cried, who cared. […]