Opinions differ on the approximate time of domestication of dogs from gray wolves, but the window that scientists do agree on is somewhere between fifteen thousand to forty thousand years ago. Brian Hare, director of the Duke University Canine Cognition Center reveals in the Smithsonian Magazine (August 15, 2018), “. . . the physical changes […]
To Ponder
Jaynie Dillon – Radio Personality Plus
I met Jaynie Jones when she and her husband Charles came over to buy my wife’s exercise bike. It was a beautiful summer day. We all chatted and laughed for well over an hour. The bike had very little use at our home. Once gone I never asked about the bike, but if Charles and […]
Letter: Banning fireworks, the Coronavirus, and mandating Sex Education
Borrowing from an argument put forth by Ryan T. Anderson, substituting specific issues but still examining the principle: ‘If Thomas Jefferson and James Madison came back to America today and heard about the proposal to ban fireworks in local municipalities; or about how parents were responding to the forced education of their children at home; […]
Across the Fence: Daffodils
The other day, our sweet next-door neighbor and friend, Anita, gave us flowers from her garden – bright yellow daffodils. I placed them in a vase on our dining table, and they seemed to be a spot of sunlight in their own right. It made the cheerful setting even more cheerful. And it made me […]
Letter: The great battle being fought over Sex Education in Washington Public Schools
Ultimately, it is about the erosion of the privileges and responsibilities historically, not to mention biologically, we believe – or used to – are, or were, rightfully the purview of parents. It is apparent, however, that public schools would now parent, having been mandated that authority. Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law this past Friday, […]
Westside Story – Quarantini Time!
A tasty adult beverage can make house arrest more of a pleasant experience. What more can I say? Follow all the rules. Stay healthy and I will see you on the other side.
How the coronavirus will change closings, home prices and what’s on the market – Pierce County Foreshadowing?
No, I’m not talking about Covid-19. What I’m talking about is the fall out from the virus. It really hits home. Or rather housing . . . and housing affects us all. Two months ago a house a block away from our home came on the market. Two days later it was sold. Near the […]
Boyle’s Double Take – Jarred
Jarred. My Double Take writing partner, Susanne Bacon, suggested the word jarred be our starting point for our April 2020 Double Take. I have no idea how or where Susanne came up with the jarred idea, but I need to run with it. Susanne’s and my Double Take articles start with just that one word, […]
Bacon’s Double Take – Jarred
Do you like a challenge? Well, I was quite naughty this time, challenging my partner in crime, Joe Boyle, to come up with a Double Take on the topic “Jarred”. And it’s always easier for the challenger than the one challenged. So, let me first tell you what I found in an online dictionary, as […]