Submitted by Don Doman. Who knows our limitations? Who knows our abilities? Who is the only person in control of our goals, aspirations, and horizons? It’s us. No one may label us. We set our own limitations and abilities, and we are the only ones who can change them. I’ve gotten jobs before when I […]
Publicity Headlines and Results are Two Different Things
Submitted by Don Doman. Some people are publicity hogs. They submit press releases looking to grab some headlines in newspapers and online news sources. They just know that if the word gets out about them, their services, or their company, then they will magically have more sales than they can handle. It doesn’t always work […]
Swallowing Spiders
Submitted by Don Doman. It’s a fact: Americans swallow eight spiders each year. They enter your mouth while you sleep. Last week there was a dead spider in the water glass I keep by my bed. When some of my friends send me outrageous claims about almost anything, I search on Snopes for the truth. […]
Friendly Towns, Wild Animals, and Tame Friends
Submitted by Don Doman. I stepped outside to pick up the morning papers. It was gray and cool. No cooing doves welcomed me, no bunny sitting in the grass and watching for movement down the hill. Perhaps, everyone was sleeping in this morning. There weren’t even tiny ants crawling on the steps . . . […]
Cyrano de Bergerac – Poetry, Puns and Performances
Submitted by Don Doman. The highest-grossing film of 1965 was The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. At that time most people said, “Christopher who?” Not me, however. Somewhere in my studio I have a reel to reel audio tape that is an absolute treasure. During my Junior year at Clover Park […]
A Man of Principles
Submitted by Don Doman. Dachau concentration camp was first built in Nazi Germany to hold political prisoners. A political prisoner is someone who disagrees with the current regime. In Nazi Germany that meant Adolf Hitler and his cronies. He sought total control. He padded the courts with fellow Nazis. Nazis were a combination of the […]
The Homestead Restaurant Review
Submitted by Don Doman. The Homestead Restaurant looks like a small red barn. The Homestead is kitty-corner from the B & I Shopping Center on South Tacoma Way and just a few blocks shy of being in Lakewood. My favorite dining experience at the Homestead was several years ago when we took two granddaughters to […]
New Life, Time and Time, Again… Gives Hope
Submitted by Don Doman. About two hundred miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho lies the tiny village of Field, British Columbia. You probably passed through Field if you ever drove to Lake Louise, a glacier-fed lake encircled by high peaks in Banff National Park. Nearby Field is located inside Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies. […]
Promoting Preschool Independence and Learning
Submitted by Don Doman. Usually children are smarter than we think. They still need help and guidance, however. Quite often encouragement alone carries the day. As young grandparents we didn’t expect to be babysitters, but we quickly adapted to the needs of our children and their children. Teaching children is almost as fun as being […]