It was a gorgeous day in Pierce County, so Peg and I thought: “Let’s go shopping at St. Vinnies.” I have no problem finding sweet deals at the St. Vinnies thrift store in Tacoma on South 56th Street. Just stepping two feet into the store I saw a treasure just waiting to be claimed. Although […]
To Ponder
Kid Life; Adult Life/Race
On my way home after running an errand to get some potato’s at the local big-box, there was a piece on NPR that grabbed my attention. The Jeep & I took the long way home with the sack of potato’s. It was an interview with a gal that had more melanin than I. She was […]
Across the Fence: Trip Traps
Do you like outings? To exciting places? At hardly any cost at all? Traveling world champion Germany used to have an answer to that seeming contradiction “exciting AND cheap” back in the day. And I can’t remember a week when I didn’t find advertising for such trips in my mail box. The concept was called […]
Letter: Ainsworth, Boatman house
Submitted by Anthony Caprara Jr. I still am part owner of our house at 5833 112th. St. I and my sister played with Lucy and Alex Formwalt who lived in this house. The hidden room upstairs and the root cellar out back. They had a barn which they had 3 horses that romped in the […]
Wrinkle Ranchin’, Adult Life; “There She Lay”
Deaf in her left ear, she sleeps on her right side. Understandable. Her life has morphed from what it once was, into something new. Better or worse is up for grabs. There’s somethin’ about the way her mouth is, as she lay there. Somethin’ akin to a smile or a silent happy. It’s good to […]
Calling Doctor Weirdo Mystery – Episode 11 – The Sad Soul
The holidays were over. Rose and I didn’t really miss Jack, we just kind of just brought up his name occasionally and then went about our business with family and friends. It was rather pleasant, but still left a gnawing feeling in the back of my head that something was brewing and it wasn’t just […]
Across the Fence: A Structural Resurrection
The other day, a Facebook friend of mine was musing how many empty structures there are to be found in Washington State, mentioning specifically the empty mall in Aberdeen. She pondered it might be a typical thing for the human species to simply let buildings stay around unused until they are falling apart. But indeed, […]
Musical Chairs and Beyond . . . Current Local Play Schedules
In this time of the Covid pandemic, theatres in the Pacific Northwest have their patrons’ best interests at heart. Some ticket holders may become a little irritated with the shuffling of productions and their performance dates, but most people understand that the theatres’ boards of directors are trying to accommodate patrons at the same time […]
Letter: Discipline in Clover Park School District: 2017-2021
Submitted by John Arbeeny. At the 10 January 2022 Clover Park School Board meeting Director David Anderson made motion “that the school Board have on its regular agenda, as soon as time for relevant reports are prepared, the subject of school discipline.” The motion, seconded by Director Paul Wagemann, was passed unanimously by the Board. […]