On Wednesday, the first of the month, I ran March stats for my clients. Internet business traffic means sales. We like to provide our clients with a list showing the number of visitors they had along with downloadable pdfs for possible viral marketing, and their most popular pages. Once the stats are complete Peggy sends […]
Labrador Retrievers Are Still Number One
Opinions differ on the approximate time of domestication of dogs from gray wolves, but the window that scientists do agree on is somewhere between fifteen thousand to forty thousand years ago. Brian Hare, director of the Duke University Canine Cognition Center reveals in the Smithsonian Magazine (August 15, 2018), “. . . the physical changes […]
Jaynie Dillon – Radio Personality Plus
I met Jaynie Jones when she and her husband Charles came over to buy my wife’s exercise bike. It was a beautiful summer day. We all chatted and laughed for well over an hour. The bike had very little use at our home. Once gone I never asked about the bike, but if Charles and […]
How the coronavirus will change closings, home prices and what’s on the market – Pierce County Foreshadowing?
No, I’m not talking about Covid-19. What I’m talking about is the fall out from the virus. It really hits home. Or rather housing . . . and housing affects us all. Two months ago a house a block away from our home came on the market. Two days later it was sold. Near the […]
One Day in New York City
In the fall of 1973 I was working at Tacoma’s Union Station for Amtrak. I was selected to travel to Silver Springs, Maryland (just outside of Washington, D.C.) for computer training. There were about fifteen of us from across the US. There were several people from Chicago and a bunch from Tampa. I think I […]
Salmon from the Superfood Group – Healthy Eating Review
I love the Wayne Gretsky quotation, “I skate to where the puck is going to be.” Is it possible that the grizzly bears of Alaska and Canada learned from Wayne? They don’t use fishing poles and they can’t grab salmon, but they wade the rivers and position themselves where the salmon will be jumping . […]
Disaster Hits Harder For Those Already on the Edge – St. Vinnies is Helping When They Can
When you’re living on the edge, what might be an inconvenience to most of us becomes a major problem. While we are sitting home, there are other people disparately trying to survive from day to day. Tracy Peacock, Executive Director of St Vincent de Paul of Tacoma, Pierce County sent a note with a heartfelt […]
Dickey's BBQ Pit – Restaurant Review Tacoma
Over the years since I first dined at Dickey’s Barbeque Pit we have bought holiday dinners to donate to various non-profits in the community and purchased certificates as Christmas presents for friends and relatives. Dickey’s is easy to work with and they have such delicious food. They have a great variety of meats available, but […]
Outrageous Mis-fortune? – Plays and Live Production Reviews
Amid the coronavirus restrictions, we are feeling a deep loss of live theatre. We love the interaction, intimacy, and audience participation in laughing, cheering, and crying. Peg has been reading and streaming movies and shows online. This all helps, but leaves a little longing. Last week, Peg mentioned she loved a series called Slings & […]