“The City of Auburn is trying something new to fight the homeless problem,” reports Matt Markovich for KOMO News, September 30. It’s called work, “doing chores for a place to stay.”
To Ponder
AAA Buffet – Chinese Buffet Restaurant Review
Returning from a meeting at the Chehalis Rotary Club, my friend Dick Dorsett and I talked about food as we drove back to Tacoma. Dick mentioned the AAA Buffet, which I had never heard of or seen. No wonder, just off South Tacoma Way, it’s tucked in behind the Union 76 Gas station (10310 S […]
Letter: She got it at Goodwill for $5
It was marked down. And it needed help. A lot of help. And it didn’t help that in moving it into the house the unwieldy, top-heavy, glass cabinet got away from me and tipped off the porch and crashed to the rocks bordering the garden below where shattered glass told its future: firewood. Nope. My […]
Westside Story – A Leg Up
I have always had an interest in human behavior, which motivated me to study psychology and sociology in high school and college. My interest in human behavior is one of the reasons I became a police officer. The big question we often face is, what makes people behave the way they do? For instance; after […]
BBQ and the Art of Slathering
I was introduced to BBQ by my father in the 1950s. He took an old wood burning range and encased it in stone and concrete in our backyard. George Stephen, a welder at Weber Brothers Metal Works, created the iconic Weber grill in 1952. Soon my dad progressed to the new (at the time) BBQ […]
Westside Story – On The Wrong Track
Recently I have seen a ton of articles in our local papers including The Suburban Times talking about the advantages and disadvantages of trains racing through our Lakewood neighborhoods at close to 80 miles per hour. The last article I am aware of was published in The Suburban Times on Friday, September 21, 2018. The […]
The Writing on the Wall – Murals
I love the mural on the street-side wall of the Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store on South 56th Street in Tacoma. The mural colors attract the eye and the walls and trim of the building itself lend support to the image as a whole. Painting on walls is nothing knew. Our ancestors started that […]
Port of Tacoma: Touch-A-Truck – October 6
Looking for a free family event? Visit the Port of Tacoma and be amazed! See what moves our economy and the world. Come on down to the Port of Tacoma’s Administration building, for the port’s first ever Touch-A-Truck event! Join the port on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Port […]