The other night, there was a knock on our front door, and our next-door neighbor brought us a bag of apples. They had ripened on her tree all summer long, and are filling our dining room with their fresh, crisp fragrance now. And they have caused an entire load of connotations with me. Interestingly, the […]
To Ponder
Letter: The School Bus Driver
Submitted by Norman Wagemann. It was the last day of school and the students from this particular junior high school gleefully boarded the school bus excited to be going home after another year of challenging educational drudgery. As the school bus pulled away from the campus, in route to delivering the children to their homes, […]
Tribes – Tacoma Arts Live Production Review
Tribes, now playing at Tacoma Arts Live Theatre on the Square offers a play about communication, which in today’s world is a miracle in itself. Butterflies have a life cycle that involve stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. What we have in Tribes, is a young deaf woman living in a family that worships words […]
Veterans Day
Submitted by Ron Frederick, Mayor, City of DuPont. As a veteran myself, I appreciate the fact that we have a holiday set aside to honor our veterans and their service to this nation. You can read about the history of Veteran’s Day here. It started as Armistice Day at the end of the “War to end […]
Tacoma’s Dukesbay Theatre Carving Out Its Own Audience
I think perhaps the acting bug strikes early and stays with you most of your life, whether on the stage or in the audience enjoying the events going on just a few feet or yards away. I’ve come across this notion a number of times from others as well as my own involvement and enjoyment. […]
Across the Fence: Writing
Remember when you were first taught how to write? With me it was signing the pictures I drew with wax crayons. I was three or four, and my mother taught me how to write my first name. I knew what it meant, but I didn’t care that the letter “N” only goes zigzag in a […]
Keeping the lights on as we transition to a clean energy future – lessons from California
Shared by John M. DeVore, General Manager, Lakeview Light & Power. Recently, the state of California took the extraordinary step of walking back its clean energy laws and federal environmental regulations as the state’s electricity needs threatened to exceed available energy. Without this quick action, Californians faced brownouts. Overreliance on wind and solar failed in […]
Dead men do tell tales
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier story. I recently spent a few hours with Dr. Karen Cline-Parhamovich and the Medical Examiner Team. I learned that there is quite a bit you can learn from a decedent. She considers herself a “family practice doctor to the dead,” and with her team of professionals, they diagnose the manner […]
Across the Fence: Neighborhood Candy
Some of you may remember a long past Suburban Times article of mine in which I mentioned that candy was a rare thing in my early childhood. My mother would hand me maybe one hard candy or a soft caramel a day if I had been good. I was quite average. But in average, I […]