To Know

By David Anderson “Nothing tells us more about people than the opinions they hold and their reasons for holding them.” We were crossing Death Valley and you just simply cannot do that without stopping somewhere along the trail, enticing all your little family to exit the air-conditioned van leaving their water bottles behind and belly-up […]

By David Anderson Why is Trudi Inslee, First Lady of Washington State, appearing on stage with – for lack of a more discreet term – ladies of the night? Trudi Inslee, wife of Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, will join Miss Indigo Blue, Head Mistress of Academy of Burlesque and Reigning Queen of Burlesque 2012; and Inga […]

By David Anderson “Somebody’s Watching Me” should be the ringtone for every person elected, appointed, delegated, nominated, or even thinking about being in a position to spend other people’s money or represent others in any fashion.  They can get it here. The United States Postal Service (USPS) can’t make their appointed rounds – Saturday delivery isn’t cost-effective – […]

By David Anderson A few days from now we will celebrate a momentous historical event. At 4 A.M. on February 24, 1807, England’s House of Commons, by an overwhelming majority of 283 to 16, abolished the slave trade.  They rose to their feet, turned to fellow legislator William Wilberforce, and began to cheer while Wilberforce bowed […]

By David Anderson Our grandsons, ages six and three, were reviewing the day with grandma.  What did they like best? Tackling each other on the beach at Pt. Defiance (pile on grandpa without warning)?  Building a ship and setting it out to sea (piece of bark with a vertical stick for a seaweed sail, bombing it into oblivion […]

By David Anderson For children we sometimes post a question down here at the boathouse outside where announcements can be read by arriving fishermen – news of the latest biggest catch; the bait used to catch it; maybe a photo of it; the weather report, and a notice to please pay inside before proceeding further.  If […]

By David Anderson My wife and I couldn’t find her brand new cell phone. She’d just updated to one of the latest and greatest in the smartphone category since others in the family on the group plan – me being the exception – wanted to upgrade. But a state-of-the-art phone – that doubles as a compact […]