Why was Lakewood’s Community Development Director Dave Bugher standing in the middle of the road, leaning on the driver’s side open widows of trucks, cars, and U-Hauls as they lined up bumper to bumper this past weekend? And, for that matter, what was the occasion that smiling members of the Lakewood City Council, City Manager […]
To Ponder
Keeping the Trails Open to God's Country
Most of us living in Washington State know that we live in God’s country; however, knowing and seeing are sometimes two different things. Even driving our highways, the majority of people don’t actually see the beauty of Washington. To experience the sights, the smells, the wildlife, and the glory of nature, it takes a more […]
Leaving Notes and Doing the Kind Thing
Kent Hickey, president of Seattle Preparatory School recent wrote an article about two someones leaving notes on his car after causing minor body damage. When he took it in for repair, the body shop mentioned that this wasn’t rare. Many people leave notes, however, when he shared the news with others he received an earful […]
Smoked Salmon Omelet
Sometimes food is not only tasty, but reminds us of another time and place. Several years ago Peg and I went Christmas shopping in Seattle. We stayed at the Mayflower Park Hotel and did most of our present buying at the Westlake Center, which is adjacent to the hotel. By the time we reached our […]
Across the Fence: An Island Far Out
Have you ever heard of the Dry Tortugas? It’s one of the US National Parks, and most of it is underwater! A visit to Garden Key had been high up on my husband’s and my bucket list for the past years, and last March we actually were able to realize this dream. We travelled to […]
Sharing Love and a Home – Foster Care
“There are 10,068 children in foster care in Washington; 2,167 of these children are waiting for adoptive families. Most of the children awaiting adoption reside in foster care. Some are in group homes.” During the 1970s my wife Peggy and I became foster care providers. Our youngest child was over the age of three. We […]
The trains aren’t comin’ . . . yet
And Amtrak drops out of the top “5 Unbelievable U.S. Train Routes”. Well, it might, given the Amtrak Coast Starlight Train will bypass the current route along the scenic Puget Sound waterfront and instead barrel through towns and cities paralleling I-5. The featured presentation by the Rail Division, along with an update by the Washington […]
Laura – Tacoma Little Theatre Review
In Tacoma Little Theatre’s one hundredth year they celebrated by producing plays from various productions since TLT’s beginning. Laura was picked because there were very few mysteries over the years, and Laura was a very successful film noir feature in 1944. Lt. Detective Mark McPherson (Rodman Bolek) needs to solve the murder of the captivating […]
Westside Story – Waughop Lake Monster Water
Numerous citizens continue to comment on how we can and should win our citizen fight to restore Waughop Lake at Fort Steilacoom Park to an area of natural beauty thereby making it a lake where adults, kids, and pets can enjoy all kinds of safe recreation. For decades what should have been loved and cared […]