When 17-year-old Chloe Kim won the gold medal for the U.S. in the women’s snowboard halfpipe, she said of her third run, “I wouldn’t be satisfied taking the gold and knowing that I hadn’t put down my best. That third run was for me — to put down the best run I could do.”
To Ponder
Westside Story – Do What I Say, Brother Joseph
Back in 1948, I dominated my three-year-old sister, Margaret Mary, who I like to call Sister Margaret. I am her older brother and taking my lead she calls me, Brother Joseph. Sister Margaret got a later start in life so she ended up being two years younger than me. Decades have passed, but she never […]
Home from Home: Radio Shows
Submitted by Susanne Bacon I can go without television for a long time. My parents got their first set when I was turning 9. German television back then had only three channels, two national public ones and one regional public. Until then, we had been listening to vinyl records and … to the radio.
Just Around the Corner Cafe #2 – Restaurant Review
A friend sent me a note on Facebook that he had just had his best hash browns ever at a new restaurant on South Tacoma Way. I was interested. I drove the block looking for a place to park. There appeared to be a spot on the corner of 57th & South Tacoma Way, but […]
Letter: Thank You!
Wahoo! In the mail today, the Crushers received a check for $100 from the only one who commented on the recent article published in The Suburban Times entitled “The Red Helmet.”
Westside Story – Old & New Lakewood Library News
I have to admit, my title is a bit of a head scratcher. While “New” news is easy to understand, “Old” news is a conundrum. When you think of it, if news is old, it is not really news; now is it? I am not going to change my title because if you are learning […]
Grocery Cart Theft – Someone Has to Pay!
I stopped in at Safeway to buy a few items. There were no shopping baskets by the door. I went looking around the check out lines and found nothing. I finally asked a cashier who said, “We don’t have any. We’re expecting some today.” I know that people steal shopping carts for transporting their purchases […]
French Pastry: A Fancy Delight
I don’t want to know their names. I don’t want to know them intimately. I try not to dream of their fancy delights. They are an occasion of sin. Oh, please . . . keep thee behind me, Satan. Of course I’m talking about French pastries. A friend stopped in several days ago with a […]
Crossword Puzzles Not So Puzzling
While my young nephew visited one afternoon he mentioned wanting to write secret notes. I didn’t want to delve into his needs for secret notes, and so I changed the subject. But thinking it over since then, I plan to give him a couple of crossword puzzle books for his birthday. Although often in trouble […]