When I can’t see the forest for the trees, I will remember. “When sorrows,” as Horatio Spafford wrote, “like sea billows roll,” I will remember. When tears cloud my vision like rain borne sideways against the windshield, obscuring the road ahead, off to the side of the road I will go, and there I will […]
To Ponder
Can I See it? Can I Touch It? – Modern Medicine: a Blessing and an Embarrassment
COVID has left numerous people beside the roadside as it stormed around the world. My wife Peggy and I had annual check-ups and more, that kind of fell by the wayside while COVID raged. Earlier this year we began putting our health-lives back together. I was shocked when I was told I had a heart […]
Letter: Before The Lights Go Out
Shortly after 5 a.m. this morning a truck hit a light pole and our community was instantly dark. No street lights, no neighbor’s lights and, in our own home, no wall night lights. There was coffee though. Set to perk at 5 a.m., the pot preempted the pending predicament by enough minutes for me to […]
Tracker Film Review – Prejudice and Hatred with Humor and Atonement
Story Line: An Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War has just immigrated to New Zealand and is hired to track a man accused of killing a soldier. While hunting through the countryside he captures his fugitive, only to learn that he’s innocent of the crime. When faced with the life-changing decision to turn him in […]
Letter: Tomatoes – Harbingers of Hope
We lost everything. Very early in the morning this past April 3, the phone rang. Our place of business was on fire. It’s the call you never want to receive. A police officer approached where I stood watching the flames rage against the dark sky. And over the roar of the inferno he said, “There’s no easy […]
Across the Fence: Scarecrows
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. The other day when driving through the Town of Steilacoom, we passed a scarecrow. I forget where I saw it. I forget what it looked like. But a scarecrow in Steilacoom means that the Garden Club is hosting its annual scarecrow event again. And this means that these critters are popping […]
Letter: Plastic Sign or Plastic Waste?
Are you like me and have noticed more and more temporary signs around the City of Lakewood? I recently talked with a City Staffer who was very helpful as I researched the City’s sign code. It was explained to me that legislation at the State level removed some authority the City had to regulate and […]
Oh, Come On – You Know You Like to Joke About Tacoma
Dukesbay Productions presents Java Tacoma: To Bean or Not to Bean by Aya Hashiguchi Clark Something unique is happening in Tacoma theatre: an original situation-comedy for the stage about three life-long friends who meet every day at a Tacoma coffee house, will tickle our collective funny bones for an eighth time. Jeri, Kate and Linda […]
Letter: “Rare and Beautiful Treasures”
There’s a proverb, according to the Aramaic translation, which reads: “A house is built by wisdom and by understanding it is entirely put in good order. And the inner chambers are filled by knowledge with every possession, honor, and delight.” But it’s not brick and motor, cabinets and furniture, or trinkets of one kind or […]