Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Frozen convenience food, also known as TV dinners, has never been part of my German life. My mother was a home-maker, and she cooked and baked everything from scratch. Most of my peers’ mothers were also home-makers doing the same. Those peers who probably had TV dinners had working mothers and […]
To Ponder
Grounded – Death Delivered from the Red Rocks of Nevada
Playwright George Brant is the author of several award-winning plays, most notably Grounded. His other plays include: Marie and Rosetta, Into the Breeches!, The Prince of Providence, Tender Age, Elephant’s Graveyard, Grizzly Mama, The Mourner’s Bench, Good on Paper, Any Other Name, Salvage, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, Night of the Mime, One Hand Clapping, […]
Disenchanted – A Raucous New Musical Comedy – Review
Disenchanted is a feel good musical, that had the audience buzzing before, during, and after the performance. The early buzzing was not really knowing what would be released on the audience. The buzzing grew during the intermission and then as people left the theatre and recognized friends, the buzzing followed up the aisle as voices […]
Letter: Street Racers: Putting Us All In Danger
Submitted by Shawna Marie Pederson. Something very frightening is happening all around us. Something very dangerous is utilizing our Police resources while other crimes await a response. Something very illegal and reckless is infiltrating our neighborhoods, our streets, and our cities. I am talking about street racing. Last night, Saturday, February 5 into early this […]
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Feb. 7-14
Submitted by Barb Kohler. February 7-14 is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Most people are unaware that congenital heart defects (CHD) are the number one birth defect in the United States, yet 1 in every 110 (40,000 annually) are born with one or more CHDs. Of those, 25% will need heart surgery or medical interventions […]
Across the Fence: The Benefits of Business Trips
January – bleak, dark gray, depressing … That’s how it is for many of us in the Pacific Northwest. Especially the dark gray. To me, it used to be the middle of the busiest traveling season of the year back in the day when I was still the editor-in-chief of a German trade magazine. Because […]
More Warehouses in the Middle of DuPont?
Submitted by Save Our City-DuPont, WA. Have you seen the large billboard next to Pioneer Middle School at the intersection of Center and Palisade in DuPont with architectural drawings of FOUR 200,000 buildings, for a total of 800,000 square feet? This project would bring in semi-truck traffic off Palisade- in the Pioneer school zone- and […]
Book Review: City Builders, We Are City Builders
Submitted by Dave Zink. The first book I’ll review here is City Builders and Vandals in Our Age: Articles and Essays on Socialism, by Caleb T. Maupin, 2019. In this compilation, Maupin takes a long view of history, from the birth of civilization, through the Greek and Roman Empires, the emergence of feudalism, capitalism, and […]
My Foolish Heart – J.D. Salinger’s Authorized Film of His Written Work
Director: Mark Robson Writers: Julius J. Epstein (screen play) – Philip G. Epstein (screen play) based on the J.D. Salinger story “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” My Foolish Heart was a Samuel Goldwyn MGM production from 1949. The black and white images were crisp and clear . . . as was the story and the characters. […]