Kent Hickey, president of Seattle Preparatory School recent wrote an article about two someones leaving notes on his car after causing minor body damage. When he took it in for repair, the body shop mentioned that this wasn’t rare. Many people leave notes, however, when he shared the news with others he received an earful […]
Smoked Salmon Omelet
Sometimes food is not only tasty, but reminds us of another time and place. Several years ago Peg and I went Christmas shopping in Seattle. We stayed at the Mayflower Park Hotel and did most of our present buying at the Westlake Center, which is adjacent to the hotel. By the time we reached our […]
Sharing Love and a Home – Foster Care
“There are 10,068 children in foster care in Washington; 2,167 of these children are waiting for adoptive families. Most of the children awaiting adoption reside in foster care. Some are in group homes.” During the 1970s my wife Peggy and I became foster care providers. Our youngest child was over the age of three. We […]
Laura – Tacoma Little Theatre Review
In Tacoma Little Theatre’s one hundredth year they celebrated by producing plays from various productions since TLT’s beginning. Laura was picked because there were very few mysteries over the years, and Laura was a very successful film noir feature in 1944. Lt. Detective Mark McPherson (Rodman Bolek) needs to solve the murder of the captivating […]
Baguettes to Feed Multitudes
If you’ve ever belonged to an organization where you are asked to supply snacks, or luncheon fare, then you are probably familiar with leftovers. Peg volunteered to help with lunch for her P.E.O. AY chapter. My job was to buy baguettes and cut them into rounds. This meant visiting the Safeway at North 26th and […]
Par for the Course and Community Fundraising . . . a short story
“Would you like to try a fried pickle?”I replied, “If they were fried zucchini I would jump on it, but no.” I was having lunch with my friend Amy of Ruston Logistics, It was a beautiful spring afternoon in Tacoma, I had just taken a nice walk around Wright Park and then dropped down a […]
Inspecting Carol Lakewood Playhouse Review
“Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious by the son of York.” Act 1, Scene 1 – Richard III by William Shakespeare. In the four hundred plus years since Shakespeare wrote those words, they have been spoken countless times, by great actors and those of lesser talent. Wayne Wellacre (Jed Slaughter) is one […]
St Vinnies' Wear Something Vintage Auction Fundraiser
St. Vincent de Paul has two thrift stores in Pierce County (Tacoma and Puyallup). Both are pretty basic. People donate items and St Vinnies stores them and sells them at prices people can afford. They run a tight ship. Here is what they do for our community, “You may know us for our Thrift Stores, […]
A Country State of Mind
“Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr. We’re close to firing up our new HVAC System. A four-man team from Furnace Doctors (furnacedoctors.org) hauled out the monstrous heat exchanger last week, so I’ve been considering how to move things around in my office. New ideas in […]