A number of weeks ago I presented a talk about “water ways” for the Lakewood Lions Club. Some of the things I talked about then fell into place just recently as a good reminder about the joys and elements of our wonderful Pacific Northwest. “Be Aware” should always be a NW reminder stamp for our […]
Beautiful The Carole King Musical – Review
Months and months ago my youngest son’s sister-in-law had just seen the stage production of “Beautiful The Carole King Musical” at the Village Theatre in Issaquah. She recommended the live theatre. However the musical was sold out as was the Seattle area production. When I saw that Tacoma Musical Playhouse was scheduling the live theatre […]
Family, Stories and Food. What’s Not to Like?
Don, Lindy (cousin) and I went on a short trip recently. We left our north Tacoma home and drove to Puyallup’s South Hill. We were to meet our cousin Chris Cummins, who used to live in Alaska, growing up with his six or seven or eight brothers and one sister and now lives in Missouri. […]
The Prom Queen . . . Maybe
Kathy recognized a good deal when she saw one. She loved living close enough to Tacoma, Lakewood, Fircrest and University Place. She wasn’t old enough to own her own car . . . yet, but she got around “just fine thank you” . . . even with just a bike. She took a school bus […]
Motel of Sadness
Melanie was walking the streets of the small town. It was really early and she was thinking of times long ago. She looked in the bakery window and nearly jumped out of her flip flops when the lights all flipped on. Her left hand reached up and patted her chest bone just to make sure […]
Melodie And the Crow
Whenever I have a meeting with a friend or someone I want to learn more from, I go to the my favorite coffee shop. But sometimes, just sometimes, I like to simply nurse my paper cup of coffee (with milk) and sip and listen . . . sip and listen. The listen and attraction part […]
Water Ways
When I was going to speak at the Lakewood Lions Club in May about water ways earlier this year, I turned to my favorite source of information: Archaeology Magazine. The information I was looking for was something that represented water ways in the past which touched our current thoughts, questions and details that make us […]
Big Chicken Restaurant Review
Our friends, Donn and Deb called Sunday afternoon and suggested a drive through Pt. Defiance and midway suggested Big Chicken for dinner after the beautiful tour. Walking into the restaurant we passed a large sign of a big guy eating a big chicken sandwich. It sold me. Peggy enjoyed her special crunchy chicken pieces as […]
Reaching Out and Breaking the Mold
We received an email from Joseph E. Walsh, Managing and Artistic Director of Lakewood Playhouse asking us to attend a cabaret style performance at Lakewood Playhouse. Before being hired to run the shows at LWP, Joeseph had been successful in a number of places from the U.S. to the U.K. and possibly beyond. With theatre […]