From guffaws to knee slappers, a good laugh relaxes your body and makes you feel better. Laughter can help relieve pain, bring greater happiness, and even increase immunity. Tacoma Little Theatre has already expanded their next production, The Play That Goes Wrong, from September 8th to October 1st. You will not want to miss this […]
Summer Leadership Academy – Preparedness & Partnership 2023
I had a nice introduction to the Summer Leadership Academy, which builds a collaboration and coordination between a host of military and civilian organizations with a focus on transportation and logistics. COL Richard N. Strand USA (R) gave an excellent keynote address concerning U.S. Strategic Insights and Interests. He also spoke later about “Understanding Ukraine.” […]
Soon It’s Gonna Rain – Farewell, Tom Jones
My junior year at Clover Park High School in Lakewood was magical. I took a number of speech classes as well as acting classes. My teacher in all these endeavors was Virginia Heidbreder. In addition to regular classes, Mrs. Heidbreder arranged for a trip to the University of Washington just for her students, where we […]
Around the World and the Pacific Northwest
I enjoy reading our daily mail, from advertisements to happy greetings from friends or relatives, but what I really, really enjoy is the latest Archaeology magazine. I like reading about the past, but especially noting the information from today about what happened ages ago in many places around the world. My favorite section is called […]
Book Review: The Port of Tacoma… yesterday and tomorrow…
On the 26th of July, I visited Sunrise Rotary. My friend, Rod Koon, from The Transportation Club of Tacoma was speaking about his Images of America book “Port of Tacoma.” He began his talk with an image from an 1885 map. It was interesting to note that just a little under a hundred and fifty […]
Looking for a Saxophone Player – Money might be involved
Throughout the spring, Peg and I looked forward to visiting the Safeway Shopping Plaza on North Pearl. There were two of our favorite restaurants there, the Safeway grocery store, Ace Hardware, and Key Bank. Shopping is a needful thing, but what we really enjoyed was a tenor Saxophone player providing fun tunes. We always managed […]
The University of Puget Sound joins the Tacoma Theatre Directory
The University of Puget Sound has just joined our Tacoma Theatre Directory. Local actors quite often means local stage training as well. Although I was a painting and drawing major, I still took an acting class at UPS. Peg and I met at a dance at UPS. She was a German language major. We don’t […]
A Re-Review of The Music Man at Tacoma Musical Theatre
My wife Peg, my cousin Lavinia and I wrote an opening night review of The Music Man weeks ago at the Tacoma Musical Playhouse. We saw the first performance of the run and gave it a glowing recommendation. We also enjoyed it so much that we invited a group of friends based mostly on members […]
Yard Sales Are Much More than Just About Money
Everyone hopes they will make money at their back yard, front yard, open garage door, or simply piles of used goods on their parking strips. In reality, however, yard sales are about family, about gatherings, about friends, and about memories. Years ago on a hot August afternoon I was returning from work and anxious for […]