The other day, a friend of mine posted a caricature on Facebook that presented one’s life’s plans as a straight diagonal in a graph. Have you ever wondered where you would be if, at some point in your life, there hadn’t been that certain event or that certain person which or who twisted it to where you are now? My reality would look like that caricature’s second part – a line that imitates the … [Read more...]
Letter: ‘The commitment I bring to doorbelling, is the commitment I will bring to the school board’
As of the submission date of this article for publication, I have personally been on the doorsteps of 1,038 homes in Lakewood, pursuing elected office to serve on the Clover Park School Board. Thanks to the help of others, we will have reached 5,000 homes by the date of the Primary Election, August 3. … [Read more...]
Across the Fence: At Home With Salmon
My friend, Suburban Times columnist Don Doman’s recent article about the goodness of salmon has inspired this piece. Because, indeed, salmon is a tasty fish, healthy because of its Omega 3 oils, and very, very versatile. Also, here in Washington State, it’s one of the native fish and, therefore, widely available. My husband and I have been to pretty much every salmon hatchery in Western Washington … [Read more...]
Who Is This Crisis Over For?
Submitted by Food not Bombs Tacoma and Tacoma Democratic Socialists of America. As Governor Inslee and Tacoma Mayor Woodard, along with local elected officials celebrate the end of the pandemic at the “Welcome Back, Tacoma” event, we ask: Who is this crisis over for? … [Read more...]
Letter: We Are Failing Our Children
Submitted by Dr. C.A. Carey. We have allowed extraneous, non-relevant school 'curricula creep' resulting in our falling state, national and international education rankings for the last three decades. New international results, for example, show China ranking #1, with countries like Poland and Estonia ranking higher than the U.S. which ranks #21. … [Read more...]
Lamenting In The Hot
Submitted by John Lincicome. 98° and rising on this, the 26th of June in 2021. Temps in the next few days will hit 105° or maybe a tad higher. Odd that for the PNW, especially this early in summertime. … [Read more...]
Thieves Are After Your Money or ID. Be Aware and Be Careful
There are scams to get your personal details and there are scams to impersonate you. It's nothing personal; they just want your I.D. and your money. Two friends had their emails hacked last weekend. I got requests for help from the hackers. The requests didn't use my name. I've seen the scam before. Both times I wrote back asking a personal question like any friend might. Instead of an answer I … [Read more...]
Across the Fence: Spooning with Forks
Most people have heard about it because of its vampires and werewolves. And even thirteen years after the release of the first movie of the “Twilight” saga, tourists make a pilgrimage to the Northwest Washingtonian town of Forks to pose in the bed of a truck named “Bella” in front of the lumber museum. Which is really worth a visit, the museum, not the truck. The other day, my husband and I went … [Read more...]
Letter: Tacoma Camping
Submitted by KM Hills. I read an article online recently about how downtown Tacoma has become the desired place to live, for Millennials, in the South Sound. Compared to when I was a kid, when Tacoma was boarded up and empty, it has made a huge and very positive turnaround. Tacoma seemed to begin its turnaround when the train station became the Federal Courthouse and then closely followed by … [Read more...]
Letter: Car tabs
Submitted by Cheryl Jayne. I recently heard that the federal government has granted millions to the rapid transit project in our area. We are currently paying huge RTA taxes on our car tabs. At this time, with the pandemic stressing our finances, why are we still paying these exorbitant prices? With this windfall to the project, it would behoove the state to drop these RTA taxes. The views … [Read more...]