City crews had just finished tearing up the section of Pine Street South that borders our home on the east side, and replacing it with a new bed of crushed & fines and then a fresh layer of asphalt on top. Heat from the new road surface condensed as the misty rainfall and warm new […]
To Ponder
Mohenjo-Daro History . . . Just Another Brick in the Wall?
I used to subscribe to Biblical Archaeology Review along with Archaeology. One year for Christmas, my wife Peggy, gave me a large brown paper bag filled with books on history and the people who created it. I loved her for it . . . and still do. An on-going present from her to me is […]
Across the Fence: An Easy Holiday Dinner
Halloween is over, and the holiday season is near: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s. Add maybe a birthday, an anniversary, a retirement, and you might feel compelled to change things up a bit, foodwise. Especially since most Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations include ham or turkey, or both. After three or four socials of this kind you […]
Letter: Deliver
It is said that there are three phases to life that are difficult: Start-up, Keep-up, and Give-up. Start-up is hard. Remember those days when you were so few in number anybody who raised their hand there in that first-grade classroom was on the team? And in life, as in baseball, keeping up is harder. It […]
Letter: COVID still looms for elderly – protecting them is important
Submitted by Angelina Muniz. It feels like a lifetime since the COVID-19 pandemic first started. I currently look after my parents here in University Place—both of whom are in their 80s. Taking care of my parents during a pandemic had been stressful and frightening. The COVID experience has given me a newfound appreciation for innovation […]
Rosie, You Are My Posie – A Favorite Melody from the Al Jolson Era
Out for a lovely drive on a beautiful Saturday afternoon drive in fall, my wife and I harmonized and sang the song “Rosie, You Are My Posie.” I’m willing to bet that most people these days have never heard this wonderful tune and its rich history. For me, enjoying the song began in the early […]
Across the Fence: Why Marry At All?!
This weekend sees my husband and me at a big family wedding. We won’t be beholden to deliver speeches. But if I had the honor to speak at any young people’s wedding, this would be it: “Today is your big day. One that hopefully stays a single one in your lifetime. Certainly, one that will […]
Letter: This season’s first harmful cyanobacteria bloom is now occurring in Waughop Lake
Submitted by Don Russell, Lakewood. As noted in the above photograph the $420,000 City of Lakewood requested and Ecology approved March and July 2020 80 mg Al/L alum treated Waughop Lake is now experiencing its second fall season harmful cyanobacteria bloom (HAB). The species is Anabaena which is known to produce potent liver and nerve toxins. These […]
The Outfit – Movie Review Starring Mark Rylance
Director – Graham Moore. Writers – Graham Moore and Johnathan McClain – “Graham Moore is an American screenwriter, author and director known for his 2010 novel The Sherlockian, as well as his screenplay for the historical film The Imitation Game, which topped the 2011 Black List for screenplays and won the 2014 Academy Award for […]