Have you switched off your screens? Are you ready to ponder and/or discuss another topic from my friend, author Tyrean Martinson’s book A Pocket Sized Jumble of 500+ Writing Prompts? What do you come up with when I spring you the idea of dancing in the rain? Admittedly, it has been quite a while since […]
To Ponder
Across the Fence: Quellenforschung
I never even knew the Germanism Quellenforschung (pronounce: ‘kvellen-for-shoong, i.e. source research), meaning basic research, exists in the English language. To be honest, basic research sounds almost like a wrong translation because Quellenforschung is anything BUT basic. It is fundamental and profound. It is a term from literary studies and is all about “the study […]
Letter: “Oh Man! Somethin’ Special!”
The park ranger at the entrance to the Sol Doc Valley in Washington’s Olympic National Park asked where I was going. “High Divide Loop,” I answered. “Oh man! Somethin’ special!” he replied. As I drove on up the mountain road to the trailhead, I brushed away tears. It was the day of what would have […]
My Life Watching TV
I’ve loved TVs, movies, and films almost forever. In the early 1950s my parents had the first television on the block. I shared the adventures and humor with my buddies from next door. My parents and I went to films and again back home I would share the stories with my buddies. As old films […]
Letter: And So I Go
New trails, listening to the river, seeing beauty, this is to live. And apparently, it is to die. Above Lake Cushman as you approach Washington’s Olympic National Park by way of Staircase, there is a rest stop, viewing area, and a picnic table. And a cross. But you wouldn’t see the cross but what you […]
Letter: The Bubbling of the Brook
I probably should have stopped, taken off my heavy pack, and then my boots and socks, rolled up my pants and waded in this beautiful stream. Though weary, hot, and breathing heavily from the just completed three miles of switchbacks up the mountain, and knowing I had only a mile to go with more of […]
Marketta and Charlotta Vanamo Visit Tacoma Rotary from Finland
The doorbell rang and I opened the door to greet a Rotarian and a young blonde girl named Marketta, with a sore arm. The Rotarian was soon off, but Marketta Vanamo is still with us . . . forever I think . . . as a friend to delight our hearts. At the time Marketta […]
Letter: At the River
The word for ‘behold’ in Hebrew means “to gaze, to perceive, to contemplate.” To ‘behold’ then suggests that time, a relatively long time, is given to look thoughtfully, profoundly even, peering into the distance. To ‘behold’ also suggests then that you are alone with your thoughts, and in a setting where what you see and […]
Let’s Talk! – Between Attic and Basement
Have you switched off your screens and are ready to ponder and/or discuss another prompt from my friend, author Tyrean Martinson’s book A Pocket Sized Jumble of 500+ Writing Prompts? I have lived in quite a few different homes with a number of floors to the houses. But it is the term “attic” that resonates […]