The Transportation Club of Tacoma is excited to announce our September luncheon on 9/13/2021. We are really thrilled that we are BACK IN PERSON! This is our first live meeting since the start of the pandemic. We’ve got a great lunch lined up and we are moving back into a familiar setting for this event. […]
Writing and The Whole Wide World – Movie Review
I had no idea what The Whole Wide World was about, but it turned out to be about writing. Storyline:“In 1933 Texas, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer meets a pulp fiction writer, and a relationship soon develops between the two, but it is doomed by his slavishly devotion to his (pulp fiction writer) ailing mother […]
Chloe, the Beloved Service Dog – A Short Story
It was my buddy’s birthday and I invited him out for a round or two. We’re both long divorced. I could afford to splurge a little bit, knowing that my birthday was just two weeks off and I figured that Jimbo would reciprocate. We had a great time, ate what was bad for us and […]
The St. Vinnie’s Homeless Prevention & Basic Needs Program as Easy as a Walk in the Park
In 2019 I visited Wright Park in downtown Tacoma. I saw the St. Vincent de Paul program “Homelessness Prevention & Basic Needs Program – Walk This Way” in action. I walked the paths of Wright Park taking photos of volunteers and walkers and also drove around the park several times watching the participants. I enjoyed […]
The Importance of Being Earnest – CenterStage Play Review
Peg and I have seen “The Importance of Being Earnest” numerous times, so we didn’t expect any surprising revelations in the script, but we do glory in a line delivered extremely well, or a costume making us laugh all by itself. We had also seen each of the actors in other Pacific Northwest productions (some […]
Jim Meck – THE PIANO MAN – Pedestrian Serenades & Musical Gigs
I first heard of Jim Meck, The Piano Man, while having coffee with this wife, Kimberly at The Spar Tavern Coffee Shop in “Old Town” (Tacoma, Washington). We were discussing video production for the Alliance of People with disAbilities, but I was equally interested in her Piano Man, Jim. My mother took me screaming and […]
Kesari – Heroism Comes in Many Different Colors and Locations Even in Afghanistan – Film Review
This period war-drama showcases the 1897 Battle of Saragarhi. The plot focuses on Havildar Ishar Singh who led a platoon of 21 Sikhs against an invading army of 10,000 Afghans to defend the North-West Frontier Province. The event is considered one of the greatest last-stands in history. Based on the true story of the Battle […]
A Relaxing Stroll in the Greenery and Shade
Periodically I drop off Peg for allergy shots at Building B at Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma. Parking is a problem and so is waiting. If there are no parking places for Building B, I check out Building C’s parking or simply go shopping. During the summer even if I can find a parking space, I […]
Take 10 A Festival of 10 Minute Musicals – Tacoma Musical Playhouse Review
What a great idea and follow through. Tacoma Musical Playhouse Managing Artistic Director, Jon Douglas Rake ran on stage and welcomed everyone to the theatre. After being in the dark for well over a year, live theatre was back in Tacoma. The ten-minute musicals originated with Theatre Now New York. They have an anthology of […]