Written by Don and Peggy Doman Immigrants, slaves, illegal residents and indigenous people all have reason to share bad memories of our American history. The land of the free has as many nightmares as it has dreams of success. How do we work our way through our past, our present and enter into the future? […]
Safe Parking Coming to Pierce County Communities
Most everyone has heard about people living in their cars, trucks, vans, or RVs. Those people are just one towaway from complete collapse and perhaps even worse. The Safe Parking program coming to Pierce County will offer a secure space to sleep overnight for vehicle residents and much more. Community volunteer Jan Runbeck explains, how […]
Nice House for Rent – A Short Story
I’m always looking for a nice house to rent. A decent house, not a fancy one, with a backyard and a carport. Apple trees would make it almost perfect. I look in decent neighborhoods, not too nice, not too rough . . . just decent. It was a nice mid-morning day. As I drove down […]
Broken Hearts, Tears, and Shattered Dreams
Some of my friends are Republicans and as far as I can determine they are still backing President Donald Trump. I have never seen anything worthy about him and my estimations of his worth have only gone down, so I was shocked a few days ago when I came across a YouTube video of a […]
Our friend, Justice Helen Whitener
Almost three years ago Peg and I attended a fund-raising dinner for Catherine Place, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women. Here is their mission: “We are committed to addressing the particular needs of women who are materially poor, in transition, or facing the daily challenges associated with poverty, loss, violence, immigration and illness.” We […]
Racism, Riots, and Recognition of our Problem
Here we go, again. Black man shot . . . by police . . . unarmed . . . in the back. One has to wonder if our police officers across the nation are just down right stupid, badly trained, simply afraid . . . or actually racists. “This certainly is not the first time […]
Bomb Shelter, Perverts, & Buried Treasure? – A Short Story
We bought our home from the second owners, who had lived there for fifty years. They had purchased it from the family who originally built it. It was a good home with a nice view of Puget Sound. It sat at the top of the hill and looked 30 feet down on the alley, which […]
Reasons to be Cheerful – August – Summertime
One extremely hot day, a few days of rain, but over all . . . aside from the threat of Covid:19 and another virus front moving in, it’s been a glorious summer. Several years ago my wife and I took our grand twins to Half-Price Books by the Tacoma Mall. All four of us bought […]
Seattle Storm Basketball
My only claim to basketball fame was my Tacoma Jaycees winning the state championship at Central Washington University, roughly two million years ago. I recruited the players. I was the only “real” Jaycee on the team. I was a pretty good shot, but couldn’t handle the ball, too well. For the championship game I came […]