One of my favorite pastimes when I’m in a town I haven’t visited before is checking out its markets – and I’m especially thrilled when I find a market hall. Maybe I was conditioned by my hometown, Stuttgart, because it boasts of one the world’s finest market halls, an architectural jewel filled with amazing produce […]
To Ponder
Westside Story – Get Ready For The Big One
Some people like to be critical of others and their religion. When it comes to religion, I believe in live and let live along with letting everyone choose their own religion and level of dedication to the faith of their choice. We could talk about, Catholicism, the Jewish faith, the Muslim religion, and others, but […]
A Country State of Mind
“Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr. We’re close to firing up our new HVAC System. A four-man team from Furnace Doctors (furnacedoctors.org) hauled out the monstrous heat exchanger last week, so I’ve been considering how to move things around in my office. New ideas in […]
Westside Story – Taxpayer Funded Improvement
One of my columns titled, Westside Story – Hey You, Get Off The Sidewalk appeared on a Friday, March 28, 2019. A writer never knows what kind of public reaction will follow a freshly written column. My column, having to do with the impact of the No Pedestrian / No Walking signs, related to the […]
A Poke in the Eye with a Sharp Stick? Not quite!
I don’t actually recoil in fright, but when I visit the dentist for any oral work, I have a simple request: a swab, a shot, the gas, and a dental assistant sitting beside me stroking my arm and whispering, “It’s going to be all right.” So imagine my panic when I found out that a […]
Letter: Coming home
‘Are you in a position where you can raise your right hand and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?’ Expert testimony in the courtroom was being handled over the phone and the black-robed judge went through the swearing-in formality as if the person on the other end of […]
Following Dreams . . . With Spunk
Peg and I attended the annual meeting of the Tacoma Historical Society. We are not members, but we went to see Living History: “Leading Ladies Come to Life.” Karen Haas and a cast of re-enactors portrayed seven women from Tacoma’s history going back 150 years. In the hit television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, […]
A Hometown Atmosphere and Excellent Food – Restaurant Review
We walked into Joeseppi’s north end restaurant for dinner. We weren’t greeted by Joe Stortini, which felt a little strange. Maybe he finally retired, but we missed his welcome. We headed straight to the bar instead of waiting to be seated. Adam gave us a warm welcome from the kitchen area. Adam is the grandson […]
Plum Trees, Relatives, and Friendship
My mother was an identical twin. My mother was Mary Lavinia . . . sometimes Lynn, sometimes Lindy, sometimes Mary. My aunt to me was always Virginia. Lynn, Virginia, and my father all graduated from high school in Nevada, Missouri, in the same class. My dad, and my uncle Randall, another local Missouri boy, fought […]