A soul-shattering, bone-chilling, suffocating fog of grief had descended upon my world. The eerie, graveyard quiet was impenetrable. Absolutely nothing beyond the end of the dock where I had sat was observable. Except for the still water, all had been lost in the gray shroud of unfathomable sorrow. Death had not taken a Christmas holiday. […]
To Ponder
2020; The Year In… (long high-pitched shriek)
Two days into 2020, while everyone was planning for a better year (how could it possibly be worse, right?), of all of the options on how to handle Iran, Trump decided to point his 45 at Iran’s equivalent of Colin Powell for reasons that are still unclear; c’est la vie. But Iran just wouldn’t take […]
Across the Fence: An Ending
As this is the last weekend The Suburban Times is published in 2020, I wish to thank the readers who bore so kindly with me this year and commented so wonderfully. For once, I thought on a festive occasion like this, a poem – in this case, a sonnet – might be an appropriate response. […]
Los Tamales Restaurant "to go" – Tamale Restaurant Review
While sitting in my car as Peggy searched for Christmas presents at Half-Price Books by the Tacoma Mall, I ordered dinner. It was 11:00 in the morning. A few days earlier I had seen a news item about Los Tamales on 72nd Street. The prices were excellent and they had a special price for Monday. […]
Letter: The Race Track Of Difference
Stacked like a sardine in a collection of Matchbox and Hot Wheels Cars – caught in the crush of a child’s pile of autos distinctive for their yesteryear look of cool designs, flashy decals and hip hubcaps – is THAT ONE different car. If it had a life, it remembers the day it rolled off […]
Parked Cars and Cries for Help . . . Everyday
Do you wonder about parked cars and vans in neighborhoods or near parks . . . do you ever wonder how many are the homes of people . . . of families . . . do you wonder about the cold and hunger going on just down the street from you? St Vinnie’s doesn’t have […]
Alex Wheatle – Small Axe – Part Four – Review
What does the story of a black British convict have to do with a white male who grew up in Ponders Corner? Nothing . . . and everything. I’ve never been to Great Britain, and never been convicted of anything. but I believe that we are all related and should be treated equally. The story […]
Letter: Clover Park School Board member’s resignation demanded
Taniesha Lyons is demanding the resignation of Paul Wagemann, member of the Clover Park School Board since 2009. A special meeting of the school board to address the matter has been scheduled for Monday, December 21. The meeting agenda provides the link and password to join the webinar. Lyons ran against Wagemann in 2019 and […]
Letter: There Is Room
When George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” was first performed at noon in the New Music Hall in Dublin, Ireland on April 13, 1742 in Dublin, there was no room in the hall. There was no room for gentlemen to wear their swords; there was no room for ladies to wear hoops in their dresses. With an […]