Let’s face it – maintenance is not my strongest talent. That’s probably because I come from a family that never owned a home (landlords took care of maintenance) and that was rather on the academic side of life. Also, there are quite a few regulations what you are permitted to maintain or repair where and […]
To Ponder
Westside Story – Just A Thought
If you are easily offended by the things I say, imagine the things I hold back.
The Joy of Despair – Edgar Allen Poe
Books. My wife Peg and I love books. Books are mere beyond entertainment. Books contain ideas and dreams . . . and invariably the relationships of people to their surroundings and possibilities. As a teenager in the late fifties, my parents owned a motel in Ponder’s Corner. It was a family-run business, so I always […]
Westside Story – The Lakewood Triangle
Most readers are familiar with the Bermuda Triangle also known as the Devil’s Triangle.
The Blue Boy, Christ in Gethsemane, and Birch Trees
Several years ago I was attending a meeting of my Rotary Club of Tacoma #8. I was wearing blue jeans, a blue shirt, and a blue sweater. My friend Jim Harris looked at me and said, “The Blue Boy, I presume?” I laughed and wondered out loud how many people today would even know the […]
Letter: Gumming up the works – marijuana markets to munchkins
When the future of an industry depends on enticing (read ‘addicting’) the adults of the future – the youth of today – so what, right? As long as the bottom line is the top priority, then, whatever.
Article Comments Are a Nice Social Media Element
With articles in the Suburban Times, the articles are an open door for discussion . . . with a simple “comment” they become social media. If you read a article in the Seattle Times or The News Tribune, all you get is the story, although some readers react with a letter to the editor, it’s […]
Home from Home: Packaging
Sometimes I wonder what it will be like when I’m a couple of decades older, my fingers not as nimble and my wrists not as strong as now. It usually happens when I’m fighting another packaging of something and I feel that either I am incapable or the package designer totally unempathetic. Also, it is […]
2018 TACID Fundraising Luncheon
I’ve been off the board at TACID for a number of years now, but I like to see how they are doing. The brown bag luncheon offers me that opportunity. Since Nola Renz has become executive director, the annual fundraiser has been held at the Boys & Girls Club facility on the ground of the […]