Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle During my 20 years in law enforcement, I spent my days searching for “Probable Cause” which often lead to uncovering someone committing a criminal act. I am retired now, so I no longer get to do that. What I do now is look for “Probable Cause” which might lead […]
Westside Story – Retired Six Months
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Today is October 1, 2013. It is amazing to me that I have been retired for six months. April Fools’ Day, 2013 seems like such a long time ago.
Westside Story – New Wedding Tradition
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle We were invited to my nephew’s East Coast wedding. Rather than fly directly to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was to be married, I took my wife on a circuitous route to the wedding. We flew to Montreal, Canada. From Montreal, we took a seven-day Holland America cruise through Southeast […]
Westside Story – Free Defensive Firearms Classes
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Back in the early 1990s I met a cool guy by the name of Deputy Dan Hacker. He was cool then and he is cool now. Dan, always looking for a way to be a helpful to our community, serves as a Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy. For as long […]
Westside Story – Daughter, Harleys & Beer
By Joe Boyle I remember it like it was yesterday. In September, 1997, the last thing my daughter said to me before she trudged off to seminary to become a Lutheran minister was, “Now Dad, what ever you do, don’t buy a motorcycle. She did not want me to buy a motorcycle because she was […]
Westside Story – Waffle Express & Creperie
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Have you visited the City of Lakewood’s Farmer’s Market yet? Learn more about our own Farmer’s Market here. There are lots of fun things to see and the market offers a variety of fresh food products, art, crafts and an entertainment stage. You can have lunch at the market […]
Westside Story – Free Defensive Firearms Classes
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Back in the early 1990s I met a cool guy by the name of Deputy Dan Hacker. He was cool then and he is cool now. Dan, always looking for a way to be a helpful to our community, serves as a Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy. For as long […]
Westside Story – Crash-Art Finger Painting
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle It is interesting to me that every human being making foot prints on our planet has a life story. The story is not always heard or told or written, but everyone has a story. In fact, having said that, if you have a story you might like to share […]
Westside Story: Black & White Vs. Black & White
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle The day I arrived by motorcycle in the southern town of Clarksdale, Mississippi I checked into The Shack Up Inn, which is a historic cotton plantation. I spent a week living in a rustic sharecropper shack on the plantation. The shack was named Legends after icon Bluesman Buddy Guy’s […]