Our Pierce County Local Voter’s Pamphlet for our forthcoming General Election on November 3, 2020, just arrived in the mail. I cracked the pamphlet open and dove into page 12 to read the two candidate statements for Pierce County Sheriff. Having been associated with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department for 23+ years, I am very […]
To Ponder
Northern Fish Food Review
It was beautiful fall day with blue skies and trees decked out in ambers, gold, and red leaves . . . somewhere . . . but not here in North Tacoma. In North Tacoma, or really Old Town, it was a little foggy, gray, and overcast. Although we could see Vashon Island, you had to […]
Westside Story – Smokers Kill
The old saying, where there is smoke, there is fire, can justifiably be changed to where there are smokers, there is fire. Cigarette design has improved cigarettes making them less likely to cause fires. Improved; Yes! Foolproof; No! A carelessly discarded smoldering cigarette can start a fire within 20 minutes to 18 hours. Even ashes […]
Letter: Pearls On A Strand
We had seen it coming. What had begun as a crystal clear early morning with stars twinkling in the still dark sky, and as red and white bow lights flashed on the other rowing shells moved silently on the dark surface of the water, the morning dissolved into a thick and impenetrable fog. Not only […]
Business Success in the Time of COVID
This has been a good year for our family run businesses: PNW Video and Public Doman. We rarely loose a client. Usually they have to die to leave us. We just lost one due to COVID in September, however. They usually dealt with cash customers and cash was hard to come by for many people […]
Letter: No More
No more a memory of sad days gone by. No more the sound of weeping. No more an infant who lives but a few days. No more an old man who does not complete his years. No more. The pain will not dim but rather not come to mind. Clumsy words – so inadequate to […]
Green Book Review and Living with Others
Green Book (2018). I had heard about the film from the annual Oscar awards. It won three: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. I knew the Green Book was a publication to help black people negotiate their way through the southern states, which still had hotels, restaurants, and clubs […]
Letter: A Carefully Laid Trap, Exposed By The Light Of Truth
Delicately and quietly the tiny aerial acrobat drifted in the faint night breeze. At the far reach of its pendulum swing, the eight-legged insect attached a strand. Once done, it reeled the strand in to tighten it. Then the spider crept carefully back to the beginning of the web and began to spin yet another […]
I Hate Goodbyes
I hate goodbyes, especially when – as in the case of my middle school – those goodbyes are final. Students and staff from Woodbrook Middle School have joined those of Mann Middle School in the Clover Park School District newest school Dr. Claudia Thomas Middle School. Woodbrook Middle School is no more. One day soon […]