When I was a boardmember with The Tacoma Actors Guild, we were struggling to get more supporters. Our patrons were not renewing memberships. No renewals mean death to live theater. A survey showed that those who attended our Tacoma Actors Guild productions did not like the plays that were being produced by TAG. Many of […]
November 28, 2023 is Giving Tuesday
In a week of Thanksgiving, we need to remind ourselves that others need help and “giving” and donating can change those lives for the good. Creating Positive Change Together – Giving Tuesday and Beyond Tuesday, November 28 marks Giving Tuesday which has become a global day of giving- inciting a catalyst for change. This Giving […]
The Last Bus – Film Review
I was watching TV late at night in bed. I was on the verge of closing my eyes and going to sleep. Tubi, one of my favorite channels, has an interesting collection of films to choose from. Nearly half-a-sleep I clicked on “The Last Bus.” Although not knowing the name of Timmothy Spall, I recognized […]
Remembering Jim Harris and our Rotary Clubs
On the 18th of November, we honored Rotarian Jim Harris at Christ Episcopal Church. Jim was ninety-five years old. He passed away a little over a year after losing his beloved wife Enid who died in June of 2022. They were a great team working for our community and the world. Jim was an architect […]
Rosencrantz and Guikdenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
In an article by the New York Times about the brilliant playwright Tom Stoppard, we learn that Ernest Hemmingway was one of his favorite authors. Stoppard loved the “Iceberg Theory” in which only 1/8th of the overt meaning of the text is easily seen. The remaining meaning is submerged under water and must be discovered through the subtext. This […]
Sometimes Things Just Work Out
I dropped off my wife at the doctor’s office, directly across the street from the Allenmore Golf Course. While I waited, I drove over about two blocks and went into the Dollar Tree. I had just enough change for two packs of beef jerky and a bottle of pop. I didn’t want to just eat […]
Hold On to Your Chocolate Bars
“In chocolate there are nuanced shades of black, veiled mysteries of taste, abysses of pleasure.” – Fabrizio Caramagna Fabrizio Caramagna is an Italian writer and aphorist. He was born in Turin in 1969. He grew up in the Italian countryside with his grandparents, where he spent a happy childhood, developing a particular sensitivity for nature […]
Honey and a Little Mead Competition
While waiting to have my eyes checked I was reading the September/October 2023 issue of Smithsonian. The headline “MEAD” IT’S NOT JUST FOR VIKINGS caught my eye. I’ve had experience with mead, so I was interested in what the Smithsonian had to say. Mead has been drunk for over five thousand years by Greeks, Africans, […]
The Yearly Panto: Funny, Hilarious, and Always a Must See!
In 2019 Peg and I took two granddaughters to see that year’s current Panto. Years before we had taken them several times to the yearly Panto . . . they always enjoyed the funny and outlandish storylines and the characters. They laughed just as much as adults as they had when they were just children. […]